partway
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3.7
- adverb
- /ˈpɑrtˌweɪ/
:
a mitad de
- We hiked partway up the mountain before deciding to set up camp for the night.
- only partway
Examples
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Russia is only partway through a root-and-branch transformation of its society, economy, and polity.
Academic text (2001) -
I had to run partway up the beach before I could get my balance.
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The trick is to ride the elevator only partway up and to jump off at your floor.
Fiction book (1999) -
The top mattress had been shifted partway off the box spring.
Fiction book (1992) -
I am yet partway through it, but I have read all Mr. Keats has written.
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The door started to open, hesitated partway, and began sliding shut again.
Fiction book (1992) -
By the time my foot was aimed to kick, Holman was partway down the corridor.
Fiction book (1997) -
I found Greg loading boxes into his truck that he had backed up partway into the garage.
Fiction book (1994) -
The door was partway open, a sliver of light falling along the lanai.
Fiction book (1999) -
Cole crosses to an inner door, pushes it partway open, looks back grinning with his hand on the knob.
Fiction book (1990)
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Etymology
Partway is made of two simple words: part ('a piece' or 'not the whole') and way ('road' or 'path'). So partway means 'part of the way', at a point that is not the beginning or the end but somewhere in the middle.