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partial
Part of speech: AdjectiveInclined to favor one side or party; colloquially, having a liking ( for); as, she is partial to candy; incomplete.
Part of speech: Adverb Usage examples "partial":- From that time Ireland has ever had a general Parliament, as she had before a partial Parliament. - "Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America", Edmund Burke.
- But Rose was returning one of her vague answers that always seemed significant, and, to any partial ear, quite adequate. - "Rose MacLeod", Alice Brown.
- In making even this preparation the man ran very great risk, for the stump was but a partial shelter- each wave that burst over the side sweeping wildly round it and leaping on the man higher than his waist, so that it was very difficult for him to avoid being torn from his position. - "Charlie to the Rescue", R.M. Ballantyne.