partway

Not quite there

Partway means part of the way—not all the way to a destination or completion.

You might stop partway through a book, get partway to your goal, or meet someone partway in a negotiation.

We were partway there when the car broke down.

midpoint

midstream

Center of flowing water

intermediate · halftime · midsection · centerpoint · in-between

incomplete

unfinished

Not yet complete

rough · sketchy · tentative · preliminary · rudimentary · unrefined · unfulfilled · half-baked · unaccomplished · uncompleted

journey

traveling

Moving from place to place

transition

shifting

Changing position or form

developing · becoming · emerging

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degree of completion

partwaycompletely

To the fullest extent

fully · entirely · wholly · totally · all the way

positional extent

partwayall the way

To the full extent

completely · fully · to the end · entirely · from start to finish

Family

way, part, partner, apart, highway, halfway, depart, partial, midway

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