Definitions

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 research received support in part from the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at Weill Cornell Medicine.

From Science Daily • Jul. 9, 2026

Voters judge candidates in part by the way they look and sound, so it makes sense to consider this in a potential candidate.

From Slate • Jul. 8, 2026

Their new home, bought in part with a mortgage, includes a pool and extra land.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2026

Broadcasters have been able to cash in on the audiences tuning into the games, thanks in part to the addition this summer of two “hydration breaks” a game.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2026

And thanks at least in part to those technologies, we’re seeing the tentative spread of democratic institutions in areas that have lived for years under dictatorships or near-dictatorships.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

in part

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