Standard Lemma guide

partially

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈpɑɹʃəli/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːʃəli/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: P AA1 R SH AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: P AA1 R SH L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

To a partial degree or extent, incompletely.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in part; in some degree; not wholly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I felt partly to blame
  • He was partially paralyzed

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: partly, part

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English partial Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English partially From partial + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: մասամբ (masamb) — to a partial degree
  • Catalan: parcialment — to a partial degree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 部分地 (bùfèn de) — to a partial degree
  • Czech: částečně — to a partial degree
  • Danish: delvis — to a partial degree
  • Dutch: gedeeltelijk — to a partial degree
  • Dutch: deels — to a partial degree
  • Esperanto: parte — to a partial degree
  • French: partiellement — to a partial degree
  • French: en partie — to a partial degree
  • Galician: parcialmente — to a partial degree
  • German: teilweise — to a partial degree
  • German: teils — to a partial degree
  • German: zum Teil — to a partial degree
  • Greek: μερικώς (merikós) — to a partial degree
  • Greek: εν μέρει (en mérei) — to a partial degree
  • Hindi: आधो-आध (ādho-ādh) — to a partial degree
  • Hungarian: részben — to a partial degree
  • Hungarian: részlegesen — to a partial degree
  • Italian: parzialmente — to a partial degree
  • Japanese: 部分的に (bubunteki ni) — to a partial degree
  • Kazakh: жарым-жартылай (jarym-jartylai) — to a partial degree
  • Luxembourgish: deelweis — to a partial degree
  • Macedonian: делумно (delumno) — to a partial degree
  • Norwegian: delvis — to a partial degree
  • Occitan: parcialament — to a partial degree
  • Polish: częściowo — to a partial degree
  • Portuguese: parcialmente — to a partial degree
  • Romanian: parțial — to a partial degree
  • Romanian: în parte — to a partial degree
  • Russian: части́чно (častíčno) — to a partial degree
  • Russian: отча́сти (otčásti) — to a partial degree
  • Sanskrit: सामि (sāmi) — to a partial degree
  • Spanish: en parte — to a partial degree
  • Spanish: parcialmente — to a partial degree
  • Swedish: delvis — to a partial degree
  • Turkish: kısmen — to a partial degree
Real reading context

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