to a certain extent

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partially adv.
partly adv.

ADVERB

partially

Synonyms

STRONGEST

moderately partly somewhat

WEAK

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

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 part 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 up to a certain point within limits

Antonyms

WEAK

completely totally wholly

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to a certain extent

Maillard said the French president had "acquired an international reputation" which could "to a certain extent, protect him from France's domestic difficulties".

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

“I think to a certain extent we’ve outsourced too much. We’ve relied too much on everybody else to tell us what to do.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Venting can be helpful but only to a certain extent.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

"If it is linked to the number of matches he starts then, to a certain extent, Villa are in control under those circumstances," Maguire added.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

It can put up with storms to a certain extent, but it can't just get sandblasted forever.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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