to some degree or in some way or aspect, but not fully or totally; incompletely:Season three of the sci-fi series would have taken place either partially or completely on Mars.
in a way that is biased or prejudiced in favor of one group, side, person, etc., over another:He did not judge partially, he said, but claimed to mete out justice equally to rich and poor alike.
In November, the housing authority sued a resident, saying that her failure to pay one month made rent payments for the subsequent four months partial and invalid.
She Was Sued Over Rent She Didn’t Owe. It Took Seven Court Dates to Prove She Was Right.|by Danielle Ohl, Capital Gazette, and Talia Buford and Beena Raghavendran, ProPublica|August 25, 2020|ProPublica
The Justice Department sued to block Pennsylvania-based Geisinger Health System from a partial acquisition of competitor Evangelical Community Hospital following concerns that it would lead to higher costs for consumers amid a public health crisis.
This New COVID-19 Treatment Could Also Bend Antitrust Norms|Charu Kasturi|August 19, 2020|Ozy
Full internet means ordinary Ethiopians can now access the internet again, last week partial internet was restored in Addis Ababa to fixed line connections but not mobile phones.
The internet is back on in Ethiopia but there’s every chance it’ll be off again soon|Samuel Getachew|July 24, 2020|Quartz
The other thing is that it’s a partial agonist at the opioid receptors, so it doesn’t continue to activate it the way methadone does.
The Opioid Tragedy, Part 2: “It’s Not a Death Sentence” (Ep. 403)|Stephen J. Dubner|January 23, 2020|Freakonomics
So we completely underestimated the costs because we were looking in this very partial-equilibrium world.
Fed Up (Ep. 390)|Stephen J. Dubner|September 26, 2019|Freakonomics
I am personally guilty of thinking that the culture war can be at least partially won on style points.
Glenn Beck Is Now Selling Hipster Clothes. Really.|Ana Marie Cox|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As with all criminal suspects, far too few police interrogations of people with ID are videotaped or only partially videotaped.
How the U.S. Justice System Screws Prisoners with Disabilities|Elizabeth Picciuto|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sex, then, is not wholly experiential but at least partially transactional.
Have Sperm, Will Travel: The ‘Natural Inseminators’ Helping Women Avoid the Sperm Bank|Elizabeth Picciuto|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In response to hearing her story, Uber apologized for the "inefficient route" and partially refunded her fare.
The Ten Worst Uber Horror Stories|Olivia Nuzzi|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In support of his assessment, he offers a number of tantalizing theories, only partially undergirded by fully explored evidence.
The Myth of the Central Park Five|Edward Conlon|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The capital of the kingdom of Lilliput appeared to be partially surrounded by a vast and melancholy campagna of turnips.
The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6|E. Rameur
It seemed as though the whole mass of fighting men had partially sunk into the ground.
The Lady of the Shroud|Bram Stoker
But poor Markham had all the eloquence of a partially ruined man.
At His Gates, Vol. 1(of 3)|Margaret Oliphant
The old ruined castle—an imposing structure now partially repaired—is described in Scott's Waverley.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia|Various
So long as any profit exists, the State has a right to tax it; unjustly it may be, and partially, but still the title is there.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 68, No. 421, November 1850|Various
Words related to partially
moderately, partly, somewhat, by degrees, halfway, piecemeal, fractionally, in part, in some measure, little by little, piece by piece