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

/ ˈpɑːtˌweɪ /

adverb

1. some of the way; partly

   I stopped reading partway through the chapter

Word History and Origins

Origin of partway¹

First recorded in 1855–60; part + way ¹

Example Sentences

There’s a line partway through “Peggy” in which the titular character calls art “a living thing,” and one can’t help but think of this book as a living thing.

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The department said one body was found near the base of the cliffs and another person was rescued partway down.

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All of this happens only partway through the 10-episode season, which finished its run in April.

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Maybe it’s a coyote crying out as the moon passes partway in front of the sun, briefly cooling the dry desert wind and bathing bands of red, sandstone and iron green rocks in an otherworldly light.

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Partway down, Shaylee “tripped and fell down the remainder of the stairs.”

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