partially
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Synonyms & Antonyms for partially
Synonyms
half, halfway, incompletely, part, partly, partway
Antonyms
all, altogether, completely, entirely, fully, perfectly, quite, totally, utterly, wholly
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Because of the head wound, James was partially paralyzed for life. — Victoria Rodriguez, Seventeen, "A Timeline of the Second Amendment and Gun Control in the U.S.," 1 May 2019 Previous photos of her daughter showed her only partially, with the exception of an image back in December, which showed Kulture in a car seat. — Vogue, "Cardi B Shares a Rare Family Photo With Offset and Baby Kulture," 25 Feb. 2019 That's one of the big things Michael says he's realized in the 18 months since a spinal cord injury at a game left him partially paralyzed. — Bob Warren, NOLA.com, "Will to Walk: LSU is 'Mighty Michael' Doherty's next stop," 30 May 2018 Parlante was a 71-year-old mother and grandmother who lived alone, despite having suffered a stroke that left her partially paralyzed. — Rafael Olmeda, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Trial opens for man accused of Dania 'Bingo Queen' murder," 10 May 2018 Its clever direct-drive gearbox and arrangement of motors and clutches help propel the car partially, or solely, on electrons, and the integration of all the pieces is seamless. — Car and Driver, "2019 10Best Cars," 28 Nov. 2018 That’s partially why Southeastern Conference associate commissioner Dan Leibovitz put Martin on the oversight committee. — Aaron Reiss, kansascity, "Why Mizzou's Cuonzo Martin is becoming more involved in the coaching community," 27 June 2018 Later, when our son was born there was no question - he was named Anton partially in honor of our new friend Tony. — Nick Holdsworth, The Hollywood Reporter, "Zamir Gotta Remembers Friend, TV Companion Anthony Bourdain: "He Enriched and Enlarged My World"," 10 June 2018 The classical crossover vocal quartet's album boasts songs performed in Spanish, Italian and French, along with a track sung partially in English. — Keith Caulfield, Billboard, "BTS, Selena, The Singing Nun & More: Non-English No. 1 Albums on the Billboard 200 Chart," 2 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'partially.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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