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Antonyms for partial

Grammar : Adj
Spell : pahr-shuhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɑr ʃəl


Definition of partial

Origin :
  • early 15c., "one-sided, biased," from Old French parcial (14c., Modern French partial), from Medieval Latin partialis "divisible, solitary, partial," from Latin pars (genitive partis) "part" (see part (n.)). Sense of "not whole, incomplete" is attested from late 14c. Related: Partially (mid-15c. as "incompletely").
  • adj incomplete
  • adj biased, prejudiced
Example sentences :
  • This illuminated the entire room, but in a partial and dismal manner.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • This might be so had He Himself undertaken to give more than a partial view of truth.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • I had a partial engagement for Monday with John; but he'll let me off, to go to the Opera.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • He underwent various operations, but derived only partial benefit from them.
  • Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
  • How often, my dear, have you and I endeavoured to detect and censure this partial spirit in others?
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • In the partial experiments of some of the West India Islands?
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • You have often hinted at this before, Lumley; but you are so partial, so friendly.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • I cannot speak of my own person, but my partial friends were too apt to flatter me.
  • Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson
  • Mr. Colman was too partial to Miss Farren to hazard offending her.
  • Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson
  • But the partial answer at which he arrived seemed too fantastic for belief.
  • Extract from : « Made in Tanganyika » by Carl Richard Jacobi

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