partway

[pahrt-wey, -wey]

adverb

1. at or to a part of the way ways or distance.

   Shall I walk you partway? I'm already partway home.

2. in some degree or part partly; partially.

   hopes that were only partway realized.

partway

/ ˈpɑːtˌweɪ /

adverb

1. some of the way; partly

   I stopped reading partway through the chapter

Word History and Origins

Origin of partway¹

First recorded in 1855–60; part + way ¹

Example Sentences

“It’s f— World War III out there,” says Gilberto Martinez Jr. as he skateboards while holding on to a car partway through Paul Thomas Anderson’s acclaimed crime drama “One Battle After Another,” about a group of revolutionaries being hunted by the U.S. government.

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Imagine a frog inside a box with an opening partway up one side.

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Shaine March, 47, of Surrey Quays, south-east London, initially admitted manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility and denied murder, but pleaded guilty partway through the trial.

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They were partway through a nearly eight-hour interview for Ryan’s eponymous podcast, and his guest needed to unwind after talking about his challenged relationship with his father.

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Tom walked partway, then got back on his bike and powered uphill through the last 500 or so yards.

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