single word requests - More than partially, less than completely . . . The use of 'partially' has the 'cheap copy' effect, and focuses the reader's attention on what was not included the model in question has several nice features and simplifies the problem at hand whilst partially retaining the important characteristics of the original system The model in question has numerous excellent features and simplifies the germane issues whilst consciously retaining
Origin of snipe to mean partially-smoked cigar (ette)? 2 Early dictionary coverage of 'snipe' in the sense of 'partially smoked cigar (ette)' James Maitland, The American Slang Dictionary (1891) has this relevant entry for snipe from an era before cigarettes were the nicotine vessel of choice in the United States: Snipe, the butt of a cigar
single word requests - Verb meaning to partially hide? - English . . . You can use the verb cloud figuratively In your example, steam acts like a little cloud that partially hides their faces to envelop or hide with or as if with a cloud [MW] Here is an example from Annie Murray's The Orphan of Angel Street (2011): Mercy looked over at him from where she was swirling cold water in with the hot, her sleeves rolled up and steam clouding her face I could even
meaning - partially cloudy or partly cloudy? - English Language . . . To my ear mind "partially cloudy" would refer more readily to a haze or filtered sunshine, a different sort of cloud pattern than big bright white cumulous clouds dotting a bright blue sky for partly cloudy although I think partly cloudy is used commonly for both sorts of days