partial to
idiom
: liking something or someone very much and usually more than other things or people
I like all the food here, but I'm particularly partial to the fried chicken.
She's partial to tall men with dark hair.
I'm not partial to red wine.
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Al, however, seemed partial to the kelpies, shape-shifting water sprites which most often appear in the form of a horse luring the unsuspecting to watery graves.
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Patti Nickell, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
Venus Flytrap The venus flytrap, spiky-looking flower, is partial to wet soils, and is going to do best in another type of pot.
—Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 11 Feb. 2026
Jackson is also partial to Snowmass, sharing that infrastructure is one of its most impressive features.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2026
He was later joined at OpenAI by his younger sister, Daniela, a humanities type partial to Joan Didion.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
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Patti Nickell, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
Venus Flytrap The venus flytrap, spiky-looking flower, is partial to wet soils, and is going to do best in another type of pot.
—Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 11 Feb. 2026
Jackson is also partial to Snowmass, sharing that infrastructure is one of its most impressive features.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2026
He was later joined at OpenAI by his younger sister, Daniela, a humanities type partial to Joan Didion.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
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“Partial to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/partial%20to. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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