partway

Meanings

adverbpartway (not comparable)

not comparableTo some extent.
The timetable for May-December 2022 reveals a service partway back to its pre-COVID level.
2022 September 7, Jim Steer, “CrossCountry: the heart of the nation”, in RAIL, number 965, page 30
not comparableIn part; part of the way; some of the way.
NR is promising ambitious plans for Oxford Road station partway along the crowded [Castlefield] corridor.
2023 June 14, Philip Haigh, “Wait goes on to unblock congested Castlefield Corridor”, in RAIL, number 985, page 51
1 more example
Daisy Ridley has reawakened the debate over “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’s” biggest reveal, saying that the character of Rey’s lineage wasn’t clear to her even partway through filming the final chapter of the trilogy.
2020 September 9, Brian Lowry, “Daisy Ridley reawakens the ‘Star Wars’ debate over Rey’s lineage”, in CNN

Also see

From part + way.

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APA

partway. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/partway

MLA

“partway.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/partway. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “partway,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/partway.

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