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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

/ ˈɑːˌɱɪ /

adverb

  1. some of the way; partly

    I 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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of partway1

First recorded in 1855–60; part + way 1
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He said he couldn’t walk from sixth grade until partway through eighth as he had surgery after surgery.

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Va Lecia Adams Kellum, LAHSA’s chief executive, attempted to spell out her agency’s accomplishments over the past two years, only to have her mic cut off partway into her remarks.

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Irony gives way — partway — to sincerity as Matt will come to understand it’s not all about him and the series goes out on a closing number that will mean something special to those who remember Disney’s Carousel of Progress.

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Roberts had initially denied any wrongdoing but, partway through the trial, admitted child cruelty through the wilful neglect of Charlie by failing to get him medical treatment for injuries to his ear and genitals in the weeks before his death.

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Olsen: As I understand it, you were partway through production of the film when you found out that you were to receive another prison sentence.

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