Partially

Definition: Partially

Partially

Adverb

1. In part; in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "partially" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references)

Synonyms: Partially

Part

Adverb: partly, in part, partially; piecemeal, part by part; by by installments,by snatches, by inches, by driblets; bit by bit, inch by inch, foot by foot, drop by drop; in detail, in lots.

Smallness

Partially, in part; in a certain degree, to a certain degree; to a certain extent; comparatively; some, rather in some degree, in some measure; something, somewhat; simply, only, purely, merely; at least, at the least, at most, at the most; ever so little, as little as may be, tant soit peu, in ever so small a degree; thus far, pro tanto, within bounds, in a manner, after a fashion, so to speak.

Crosswords: Partially

Hey, do they have Krusty's Partially Gelatinated Gum-Based beverages (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

She was partially right (Ally McBeal; writing credit: Henri Vernes)

I can't help but think that in some small way we partially responsible for what happened today (Undergrads; writing credit: Kid Vegas)

It's a partially eaten pork chop (The Golden Girls; writing credit: Philip Broadley; Gabriel Castro)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The World Market for Tars Distilled from Coal, Lignite, Peat, or Other Mineral Tars Including Partially Distilled and Reconstituted Tars: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

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Books

• A Bibliography of Washington State Folklore and Folklife: Selected and Partially Annotated (reference)

• Anthropology of Aging: A Partially Annotated Bibliography (Bibliographies and Indexes in Gerontology, No 13) (reference)

• Language Development in Deaf and Partially Hearing Children (reference)

• Linear Representations of Partially Ordered Sets and Vector Space Categories (Algebra, Logic, and Applications Vol 4) (reference)

• Partially Ordered Groups (Series in Algebra, Volume 7) (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

This is a series of photos showing the drug suramin's ability to protect helper t-cells (in culture) against HIV-I infection (HTLV-III) b). On the left side of each pair are uninfected helper t-cells. On the right, the top row are t-cells killed by the HIV-I; the middle t-cells partially protected with suramin; and the bottom t-cells completely protected by suramin against the HIV-I infection. Note the t-cells, when protected by suramin, are not destroyed. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

The tenth abdominal segment is covered by a heavily sclerotized plate, which partially, or entirely encircles this segment. Credit: CDC.

Looking downstream through the partially installed Alaskan Steep Pass. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Cowrie, Cypraea chinensis, with partially extended mantle. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Wire drag guide launch working in Maine in 1906. Leo Otis Colbert is in the center of the photograph partially in the sunlight. This launch was 32-feet long and had a 10-12 horsepower engine. Launch ADELAIDE. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 47. Sprengel pycnometer, first described by the German chemist Hermann Sprengel in 1873. He had used this instrument for a number of years. It had great precision and was easy to fill. Later the German chemist Wilhelm Ostwald partially modified it, replacing the original U tube with a single-sided one. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

This farmer uses a chisel to partially turn the soil and crop residue. Credit: Gene Alexander.

Two partially reclaimed well pads with production taking place. Credit: Merv Coleman.

[View of partially sunken battleship]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[showing a pitcher, 5 cups of liquid, and 4 full spoons and another partially filled with a substance, possibly sugar(?)]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Of these, 9 are right, 16 partially right, and 2 wrong

The shadow of the curtain fell on Hester Prynne, and partially concealed her.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The cellular mechanisms of insulin action have been partially elucidated. (references)

This type of SCID can be partially treated with regular injections of the missing enzyme. (references)

Restoring normal neurotransmitter signals with drugs may partially relieve these problems. (references)

Business

In 1999, Air France was partially privatized. (references)

Consequently, the scope of this report also partially covers that industry. (references)

Ma'aden, now capitalized at over $1 billion, has plans to be partially privatized. (references)

Children

Angola

Most of the educational infrastructure was either partially or totally damaged and lacks basic equipment and teaching materials. (references)

Macedonia

The Office of the Ombudsman contains a special unit for children, partially funded by UNICEF. (references)

Civil Liberties

Ireland

Most primary and secondary schools are denominational, and the Catholic Church partially controls their boards of management. (references)

Discrimination

Ecuador

Congress has been only partially successful in carrying out this mandate. (references)

Economic History

Moldova

The authorities are initiating a restructuring of the public health care system, which will involve consolidating existing facilities, introducing an official fee-for-service scheme, and partially privatizing health services. (references)

Indonesia

The GOI has threatened to assume control of day-to-day operations of a partially foreign-owned joint operations partner (KSO) if the company and state-owned telecommunications provider Telkom fail to reach an agreement in an ongoing contractual dispute. (references)

Human Rights

Russia

Initially the case appeared to focus on his work on a study of civil-military relations funded by a foreign government; however, Sutyagin's family stated that the study did not deal in secret matters and was funded partially by the defense and foreign ministries. (references)

Hong Kong

Of the 1039 assault allegations received in 2000, 3 were partially substantiated and none was substantiated as reported; 66 still were pending. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

Several times during the latter part of the year, Arafat publicly ordered a complete cease-fire and stated that he had instructed security forces to enforce it. The PA's limited attempts at enforcement were only partially successful. (references)

Minorities

Cambodia

Student groups continued to make strong anti-Vietnamese statements during the year; they complained of political control, border encroachments, and other problems for which they held ethnic Vietnamese persons within the country at least partially responsible. (references)

Pakistan

The lack of religious minorities at higher levels of the military partially may be due to the limited number of minorities who opt for a career in the armed forces. (references)

Ghana

The Ghana Red Cross reported 68 deaths, 43 injuries, 2600 displaced persons, 203 homes partially or completely burned down, and 17 stores destroyed. (references)

Political Economy

Egypt

Although citizens generally express themselves freely, the Government partially restricts freedom of the press and significantly restricts freedom of assembly and association. (references)

Egypt

The National Democratic Party (NDP), which has governed since its establishment in 1978, has used its entrenched position to dominate national politics and maintains an overriding majority in the popularly elected People's Assembly and the partially elected Shura (Consultative) Council. (references)

Fiji

The Constitution contains provisions that reduce previous factors that abridged the right of citizens to change their government; however, it also maintains a partially ethnically based electoral system. (references)

Political Rights

Taiwan

Aborigine representatives participate in most levels of the political system, partially through holding 8 reserved seats in the LY--half of which are elected by the plains Aborigines and half by mountain Aborigines. (references)

Pakistan

Religious minority leaders called for a boycott of the polls to protest the retention of separate electorates, and the boycott partially was successful. (references)

Cameroon

They provided for the creation of a partially elected (70 percent) and partially appointed (30 percent) senate, along with the creation of a similarly constituted set of provincial assemblies with limited power over local affairs. (references)

Trade

Germany

A large number of German banks, including some of the partially state-owned regional banks, similarly maintain subsidiaries, branches and/or representative offices in the United States. (references)

Yemen

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA) has financed or partially financed feasibility studies for several infrastructure projects over the past five years, including a study for a private sector oil refinery north of the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, a cement plant in Bajil (Hodeidah Governorate) and a private hospital in Sanaa. (references)

Poland

Customs duties are repaid to the importer for re-exports of products within 12 months of the date of customs clearance in full or partially, depending upon their length of time in country. (references)

Travel

Cote D'ivoire

The deposit is partially refunded upon cancellation of service. (references)

Women

Iceland

The City of Reykjavik, in addition to partially funding such services, provides special help to immigrant women who find themselves in abusive relationships, offering emergency accommodation, counseling, and information on legal rights. (references)

Angola

A series of national conferences on women's rights, partially funded by foreign donors, continued to call for the Government to amend the Civil Code to end women's legal inequality, create a social welfare program, and strengthen enforcement mechanisms for existing legislation. (references)

Worker Rights

Mexico

Most FAT members sympathize with the PRD, but the FAT is independent and not formally tied to the PRD. In 1997 160 labor organizations representing workers in the private and public sectors, led by the telephone workers and social security workers unions, formed the National Union of Workers (UNT)--a labor central in competition with the officially recognized CT. In 1999 the Mexican Electricians Union (SME) announced that it would withdraw from the CT over its failure to give full support to the SME's opposition to the Government's plan to privatize partially the electric power sector. (references)

Thailand

The television station, partially owned by the Prime Minister's family, appealed the decision to the Labor Court, where a decision was pending at year's end. (references)

Gabon

In June and September, employees of the Office des Postes et Telecommunications (OPT), the state-owned post and telecommunications company, went on strike for higher pay and to protest plans to split and partially privatize the company. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "partially": be partially deaf ♦ partially adhering knot ♦ partially drowned jet ♦ partially drowned weir ♦ partially intergrown knot ♦ partially intestate ♦ partially occupied band ♦ partially ordered set ♦ partially penetrating artesian well ♦ partially planned movement ♦ partially sighted ♦ partially sighted person ♦ partially submerged jet ♦ partially untied aid financing. Additional references.

Beginning with "partially": partially-aerated, partially-aroused, partially-clothed, partially-collapsed, partially-damaged, partially-democratic, partially-draped, partially-eaten, partially-excluded, partially-executed, partially-exempt, partially-filled, partially-hearing, partially-open, partially-pedestrianised, partially-penetrating, partially-sighted.

Afrikaans

gedeeltelik (partly), deels (partly). (various references)

Albanian

pjesërisht (half and half, in part, parcel, partly), padrejtësisht (undeservedly, unduly, wrongly). (various references)

Arabic 

‏جزئيا (half, parcel, part, part time, part way, partly, slightly). (various references)

Bulgarian 

частично (parcel, partly), с предубеждение, отчасти (half, in part, parcel, part, partly), ненапълно, пристрастно. (various references)

Chinese 

部份地. (various references)

Czech

nedoslýchat (be partially deaf). (various references)

Danish

delvis (partly), dels (partly). (various references)

Dutch

ten dele (partly), deels (partly). (various references)

Esperanto

parte (partly). (various references)

Finnish

puolueellisesti (with partiality), osittain (in part, partly), osaksi (in part, partly). (various references)

French

en partie (in part, part way, partialiy, partly). (various references)

German

parteiisch (biased, one sided, partial, partisan), zum teil (partly), teilweise (halfway, part, partial, particularly, particulary, particulate, partly, sometimes), teils (part, partly). (various references)

Greek 

υπόνομος μερικώς θεμελιωμένος (sewer partially piled), Eλαφρά σκληρημένο γυαλί (heat-strengthened glass, lightly-toughened glass, partially tempered glass, semi-tempered glass, semi-toughened glass), δέσμη μερικώς βυθισμένη (partially drowned jet, partially submerged jet), ορισμένα από τα φυσήματα μπορούν να πληρωθούν μερικώς ή εξ'ολοκλήρου με ρευστό που έχει διαμορφωθεί:η περίπτωση αυτή αποκαλείται διαφορισ� (some of these blowholes become completely or partially filled with segregated liquid:they are then known as blowhole segregates), τα αέρια εξάτμισης των αυτοκινήτων περιέχουν μεταξύ άλλων,μονοξείδιο του άνθρακα,άκαυστους υδρογονάνθρακες και μερικώς οξειδωμένα προϊό� (partially oxidised products), ατελές αρτεσιανόν φρέαρ (partially penetrating artesian well), ατελές φρέαρ (imperfect well, partially-penetrating well), εν μέρει προσφυής ρόζος (partially adhering knot, partially intergrown knot), εξακοντίζω μερικώς (to jet partially), εργαζόμενοι με μειωμένο ωράριο (partially unemployed, short-time worker, short-timer), η αποτύπωση εξαγωγής δείχνει οτι τα περιθώρια των βελόνων του σεμεντίτη αποστρογγυλώνονται,επιπλατύνονται και συνενούνται εν μέρει σχημα (the extraction replica shows how the ends of the cementite lamellae round off and thicken and partially coalesce and spheroidise), ημιάνεργος (partially unemployed, short-time worker, short-timer), ημιβυθισμένος εκχειλιστής (partially drowned weir), "επικίνδυνες" ουσίες και παρασκευάσματα κατά την έννοια της παρούσας οδηγίας είναι οι:εκρηκτικές:στερεές,υγρές,παχύρρευστες ή ζελατινώδει (pasty or gelatinous substances and preparations which may also react exothermically without atmospheric oxygen thereby quickly evolving gases, quickly deflagrate or upon heating explode when partially confined), χρηματοδοτική βοήθεια εν μέρει άνευ όρων (partially untied aid financing), Μερικά επιλεγμένη κυψέλη (Partially selected cell), μερικά διογκωμένος (partially expanded), μερικά ισόρροποι σχηματισμοί (partially balanced arrays), μερικά συσχετιζόμενο σήμα (partially-correlated signal), μερική απόσβεση του δανείου (partially repaid loan), μερικώς αλογονωμένο (partially halogenated), μερικώς συνδεδεμένο δίκτυο (grid network, partially interconnected network), μερικώς συνδεδεμένη πίστωση βοήθειας (partially untied aid credit), μερικώς κατειλημμένη ζώνη (partially occupied band), μερικώς κλειστή ταξινομητική αλυσίδα (partially closed ( classificatory ) chain), μερικώς κλειστή αλυσίδα (partially closed ( classificatory ) chain), βεβαίωση μερικής ισχύος εισιτηρίου (certification that a ticket has been wholly or partially unused), βεβαίωση μη χρησιμοποίησης εισιτηρίου (certification that a ticket has been wholly or partially unused), φλόγα μερικώς αεριζόμενη (partially-aerated flame). (various references)

Hebrew 

חלקית (partly). (various references)

Hungarian

részlehajlóan, részlegesen (parcel), részben (parcel, part, partly, partway, to be made part of wood and part of iron), elfogultan. (various references)

Italian

parzialmente (part, partly), in parte (partly). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

稍 (a little, a short time, a while, somewhat). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

やや (a little, a short time, a while, somewhat). (various references)

Korean 

부분적으로 (Sectionally). (various references)

Papiamen

parsialmente (partly). (various references)

Pig Latin

artiallypay.(various references)

Polish

częściowo (partly). (various references)

Portuguese

parcialmente (half, parcel, partly), emparte (partly). (various references)

Romanian

parţial (part, partial, partly, piecemeal), pãrtinitor (jaundiced, one sided, partial), în parte (in part, in some measure, partial, partly). (various references)

Russian 

частично (in part, parcel, part time, partly). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pristrasno, delimično (partly). (various references)

Spanish

parcialmente (partly, partway). (various references)

Swedish

delvis (in part, partial, partly). (various references)

Turkish

taraflı olarak, kısmen (in part, not least, part, part-, partly, tolerable). (various references)

Ukrainian

упереджено, частково (in part, part, partly, partway). (various references)

Derivations

Words ending with "partially": impartially. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Partially" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: partialled, partialy, partically, particlely, partisanly, practially, pratically, sartilly. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: paltrily.

-2 letters: airplay, partial.

-3 letters: apiary, artily, atrial, lariat, latria, pallia, paltry, parity, parlay, partly, pillar, piraya, raptly, triply.

-4 letters: alary, aliya, allay, altar, apart, aptly, artal, atria, atrip, laari, laity, lyart, pally, party, patly, pilar, plait, platy, playa, prill, rally, ratal, riata, riyal, talar, tally, tapir, tiara, trail, trial, trill, typal.

-5 letters: airt, airy.

+2 letters: capillarity, impartially, perinatally, piratically, practically.

+3 letters: biparentally, operatically, particularly, premaritally, supravitally.

+4 letters: explanatorily, impractically, ipsilaterally, operationally, paralytically, parasitically, participially, patriotically, postcranially, pragmatically, prismatically, probationally, puritanically, sympatrically, ultraphysical, uniparentally.

+5 letters: allopatrically, aphoristically, apotropaically, karyotypically, metaphorically, parabiotically, parametrically, paratactically, pleasurability, polarizability.