partial
/ˈpɑɹʃəl/ adjective B1- Existing as a part or portion; incomplete. · So far, I have only pieced together a partial account of the incident.
- Describing a property that holds only when an algorithm terminates. · It's easy to prove partial correctness, but it's not obvious that it is also totally correct.
- Biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute. · The referee is blatantly partial!
- Having a predilection for something. · of
- Of or relating to a partial derivative or partial differential.
- Subordinate.
- Having a wordplay element, but no definition.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Had she not seen him in Derbyshire, she might have supposed him capable of coming there with no other view than what was acknowledged; but she still thought him partial to Jane, and she wavered as to the greater probability of his coming there _with_ his friend’s permission, or being bold enough to come without it.
She’s a real pretty girl got to be, though I can’t say I’m overly partial to that pale, big-eyed style myself.
“But if a woman is partial to a man, and does not endeavor to conceal it, he must find it out.”
Bennet should only hear of the departure of the family, without being alarmed on the score of the gentleman’s conduct; but even this partial communication gave her a great deal of concern, and she bewailed it as exceedingly unlucky that the ladies should happen to go away just as they were all getting so intimate together.
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