as in partially
in some measure or degree
a physiological process that is incompletely understood at the present time
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Adverb
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The partially dark arena added a cinematic feel to the brutality.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025 -
In all, the district has more than $1.5 billion in unfunded or partially funded capital needs including two shovel-ready, double-tracking projects planned for the Coaster corridor.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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Thus began my lifelong affiliation with dogs, which continues to this day in the person of Charley, paradoxically named not for me but for a previous Charley dog who showed up halfway down a lineage of canine hereditary succession.—
Charles Hammer,
Kansas City Star,
26 Feb. 2025
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And Spencer is still halfway around the world, shoveling coal on a merchant ship.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
23 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Adams partly made good on the bribes by forcing the FDNY to disregard safety concerns and prematurely open a Midtown skyscraper housing Turkey’s consulate in time for a visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the case alleges.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
6 Mar. 2025
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The six-episode series, co-produced by Ram and Amita Madhvani, was born partly from a traumatic encounter that has haunted the filmmaker for decades.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Incompletely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incompletely. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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