PARTWAY Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

partway

adverb

ˈpärt-ˈwā

Definition of partway

as in halfway

in some measure or degree his alibi wasn't even partway believable

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Recent Examples of partway Ajala’s first appearance on the show will come partway through the season; Law & Order opens its 25th campaign Thursday night. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025 The department said one body was found near the base of the cliffs and another person was rescued partway down. — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 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 See All Example Sentences for partway

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Online sales accounted for 15 percent of the global art market last year, and collectors can increasingly buy from smaller auction houses halfway around the world based on catalogue photographs.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
The feat is the latest victory to come of the 407-feet-tall Starship's most recent flight test, which saw the world's largest rocket launch from South Texas and fly halfway around the world before the upper section landed intact in the ocean.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026

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But the market’s impressive ability to at least partially work its way around the conflict has also prevented prices from surging as astronomically high as the world’s largest-ever oil supply shock would suggest.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
When Airbnb moved an earlier cohort of hosts to the new structure last year, about 30% raised prices enough to fully offset the higher fee and another 30% partially offset it, according to an analysis by short-term rental data firm AirDNA.

— Mike Winters, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026