as in halfway
in some measure or degree
his alibi wasn't even partway believable
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Recent Examples of partway
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.
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Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2023
On Wednesday, Nemeth told reporters that the state and federal government are partway through construction of a $1.85-billion flood protection project that will help shore up some of the levees along the Sacramento and American rivers.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023
Santamaria is partway through making a large cannoli cream cake for his namesake grandson’s fourth birthday.
—Reggie Nadelson, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022
Members of the brigade’s reconnaissance company—with which the team was supposed to coördinate—had followed the foreigners partway through the tree line, and had agreed to provide additional backup if anything went wrong.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
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Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2023
On Wednesday, Nemeth told reporters that the state and federal government are partway through construction of a $1.85-billion flood protection project that will help shore up some of the levees along the Sacramento and American rivers.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023
Santamaria is partway through making a large cannoli cream cake for his namesake grandson’s fourth birthday.
—Reggie Nadelson, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022
Members of the brigade’s reconnaissance company—with which the team was supposed to coördinate—had followed the foreigners partway through the tree line, and had agreed to provide additional backup if anything went wrong.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for partway
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Pike gestured to a few feet of curb near the entrance to an alley, about halfway down the 2100 block of North St. Louis Avenue.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Aug. 2025
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Most give up halfway, frightened by the warnings of those below.—
Sudhir Gupta,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Lawyers for the Trump administration and Washington, D.C., reached an agreement Friday to partially scale back U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi's order placing the city's police force under federal control.—
Sonam Sheth
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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American Airlines wants to fly more on the West Coast and in the Pacific, partially through a codeshare with Alaska Airlines, but the carrier appears not to want the flying to be done by its own pilots.—
Ted Reed,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Partway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partway. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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