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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

Example Sentences

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“The point is Nike’s superpower is based in part on being able to maintain an image of being the best sports brand despite selling a lot of commodity products,” Sole wrote.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Those commercial spaces were included in part to speed approvals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Thompson’s fascination with American pop culture developed in part from her youth in post–Celtic Tiger Ireland, when leaders like Bertie Ahern were implementing economic policies shaped by American capitalism.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

While several of the companies cited have stated that they are implementing AI tools, most noted that the comments were from real people—perhaps in part because humans like this speech construction too.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Spurred in part by historians like Cronon, most scientists have changed their minds about Indian fire.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann