partially
Americanadverb
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to some degree or in some way or aspect, but not fully or totally; incompletely.
Season three of the sci-fi series would have taken place either partially or completely on Mars.
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in a way that is biased or prejudiced in favor of one group, side, person, etc., over another.
He did not judge partially, he said, but claimed to mete out justice equally to rich and poor alike.
Other Word Forms
- nonpartially adverb
- overpartially adverb
Etymology
Origin of partially
Example Sentences
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Claude Code's source code was already partially known, as it had previously been reverse-engineered by independent developers.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
Freshly installed plywood partially concealed some of the damage.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Bitcoin and ether were trading higher on Tuesday, partially because the quantum risks to crypto may have been mostly priced in, according to Ryan Rasmussen, director and head of research at Bitwise Asset Management.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
The revolution in American technology introduced in the Desert Storm air campaign partially solved this challenge.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
It was only after the French discovered similar paintings, partially obscured by millennia-old mineral deposits, that the Altamira drawings were pronounced authentic.
From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell
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