as in halfway
in some measure or degree
his alibi wasn't even partway believable
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Recent Examples of partway
The department said one body was found near the base of the cliffs and another person was rescued partway down.
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Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2024
Om Shanti Om features several of these: Coincidences abound, but most strikingly, our two main characters disappear partway through the film and are reborn, now in reversed roles.
—Mallika Rao, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
When Smyth and West arrived, the troopers parked out of sight, walked partway up the driveway and hid behind trees, according to court records.
—oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2023
The sci-fi comedy Demascus and 61st Street had already wrapped production on their respective seasons, while Invitation to a Bonfire, starring Tatiana Maslany, was partway through filming.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2023
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Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2024
Om Shanti Om features several of these: Coincidences abound, but most strikingly, our two main characters disappear partway through the film and are reborn, now in reversed roles.
—Mallika Rao, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
When Smyth and West arrived, the troopers parked out of sight, walked partway up the driveway and hid behind trees, according to court records.
—oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2023
The sci-fi comedy Demascus and 61st Street had already wrapped production on their respective seasons, while Invitation to a Bonfire, starring Tatiana Maslany, was partway through filming.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for partway
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Researchers had been planning to depart on November 4 from Majuro, in the Marshall Islands, for the remote island of Nikumaroro — located roughly halfway between Australia and Hawaii.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Venus in Scorpio doesn’t do relationships halfway.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Parts of Tehran’s Grand Bazaar and major commercial centers in Mashhad were also partially or fully closed, according to recent reports.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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The funds in question are generated partially through a temporary extension of the health levy, which voters first adopted in 2005, around the time the Missouri legislature slashed Medicaid spending in the state, putting financial strain on the city’s safety-net providers.—
Suzanne King,
Kansas City Star,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Partway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partway. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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