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Imperfectly, reluctantly, or half-heartedly, as in You really can't paint a portrait by halves. [Mid-1500s] Words nearby by halvesby fits and starts, by-form, bygone, bygones, by half, by halves, by hand, by heart, by hook or by crook, by hook or crook, by inches The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |