partway

[ pahrt-wey, -wey ]

/ ˈpɑrtˈweɪ, -ˌweɪ /

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adverb

at or to a part of the way or distance: Shall I walk you partway? I'm already partway home.

in some degree or part partly; partially: hopes that were only partway realized.

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Choose the sentence that uses "rent" correctly.

No one wanted to rent the run-down house on the corner.

His rent was so loud that people the next block over could hear it.

I had rent the apartment from an eccentric old lady.

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Origin of partway

First recorded in 1855–60; part + way¹

Words nearby partway

parturient fever, parturifacient, parturiometer, parturition, part. vic., partway, part with, part work, part-writing, party, party boat

Example sentences from the Web for partway

In late 2020, when CarbonPlan was partway through its analysis, study co-author Danny Cullenward pitched the study as a story to Technology Review.
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“Hitting the wall” is a running metaphor, describing the phenomenon of suddenly running out of energy partway through a long race.
‘Oh, we’re still in this.’ The pandemic wall is here.|Maura Judkis|February 9, 2021|Washington Post
I also invited our friend Abi, who lived in Northern California and had been partway up Shasta three times but never summited for various reasons.
Skiing Up and Down Mount Shasta|Brendan Leonard|December 3, 2020|Outside Online
In a bag, flipped partway through, low and slow, high heat, in a salted dough, butterflied.
143 years of Thanksgiving coverage in The Post|Becky Krystal|November 9, 2020|Washington Post

The stars of the video also get a little weird partway through the clip (see 2:08).
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Partway through, the perspective shifts to the federal agents investigating them.
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The grumblings among his new colleagues prompted Burger to back off, but only partway.
Advice for a New Justice|Seth Stern, Stephen Wermiel|October 5, 2010|DAILY BEAST
There is a supplementary table of contents partway through the France section, covering only the Polytechnic.
Military schools and courses of instruction in the science and art of war|Henry Barnard
Partway up the little rocky eminence stands an old house, now fast falling to pieces.
Not Pretty, But Precious|John Hay, et al.
One group of men stayed for an incredibly long time on a ledge partway down the face, but in the end they too had to come away.
The Fifth Leicestershire|J.D. Hills
Naked, he walked to the door leading to the balcony and pushed it partway open.
The Saracen: The Holy War|Robert Shea
They went overhead, more brilliant than the brightest stars, and when partway down to the horizon they suddenly winked out.
The Pirates of Ersatz|Murray Leinster

British Dictionary definitions for partway

partway

/ (ˈpɑːtˌweɪ) /

adverb

some of the way; partlyI stopped reading partway through the chapter

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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