in part

ADVERB

partially

Synonyms

STRONGEST

moderately partly somewhat

WEAK

by degrees by installments fractionally halfway in some measure little by little not wholly piece by piece piecemeal to a certain degree to a certain extent

Antonyms

WEAK

completely totally wholly

ADVERB

partly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

at least partially slightly somewhat

WEAK

at best at most at worst bit by bit by degrees carelessly halfway in a general way in bits and pieces in some measure in some ways inadequately incompletely insufficiently little by little measurably not entirely not fully not strictly speaking not wholly notably noticeably piece by piece piecemeal relatively so far as possible to a certain degree to a certain extent up to a certain point within limits

Antonyms

WEAK

completely totally wholly

ADVERB

somewhat

Synonyms

STRONGEST

a little considerably fairly far kind of moderately partially pretty quite rather significantly slightly

WEAK

adequately bearably incompletely insignificantly more or less not much ratherish some something sort of to a degree tolerably well

Antonyms

STRONGEST

little

WEAK

not at all

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In that time, the case has been delayed without being heard on multiple occasions, heard in part, restarted with a new judge and twice suspended over the summer recess.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

This research was supported in part by NASA.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

The company requested the extension, citing in part delays from launch providers.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

It recently laid off 8,000 white-collar employees in part to fund those efforts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

So: • Paintbrush Falls, New York: not real, but based in part on the town of Webster, New York, where I grew up.

From "The Misfits" by James Howe

in part

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