Definition of partway
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:at a point in the way or distance
- partway through the trip they met some friends
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Examples of partway in a Sentence
I was partway to school when I realized I had forgotten my book.
Partway down the mountain, he sprained his ankle.
The team got a new coach partway through the season.
They met up with some friends partway through the trip.
Recent Examples of partway from the Web
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Investigators believe the 40- to 50-year-old white man had climbed the tree and accidentally died after falling partway down.
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But partway through the work, legislators failed to appropriate money for the fiscal year beginning July 2015, so the state issued a stop order on the project, one of more than 200 projects affected.
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In place of the coupe’s metal roof and two-piece tailgate, the cabrio adds a power-folding soft top that can be rolled partway back like a sunroof or retracted completely.
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Grill for about 6 minutes on one side, rotating partway through for good grill marks.
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Grill for about 6 minutes on one side, rotating partway through for good grill marks.
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Grill for about 6 minutes on one side, rotating partway through for good grill marks.
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Grill for about 6 minutes on one side, rotating partway through for good grill marks.
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Grill for about 6 minutes on one side, rotating partway through for good grill marks.
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First Known Use of partway
1822
partway Synonyms
Synonyms
half, halfway, incompletely, part, partially, partlyAntonyms
all, altogether, completely, entirely, fully, perfectly, quite, totally, utterly, whollyRelated Words
fragmentarily; enough, fairly, kindly [chiefly Southern], kind of, like, moderately, more or less, pretty, quite, rather, relatively, something, somewhat, sort ofNear Antonyms
absolutely, dead, downright, plain; especially, exceedingly (also exceeding), exceptionally, extremely, greatly, highly, hugely, particularly, veryPARTWAY Defined for English Language Learners
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