adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/ˈpɑɹʃəli/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈpɑːʃəli/
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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