partway

[ pahrt-wey, -wey ]

/ ˈpɑrtˈweɪ, -ˌweɪ /

at or to a part of the way or distance: Shall I walk you partway? I'm already partway home.

in some degree or part; partly; partially: hopes that were only partway realized.

Origin of partway

First recorded in 1855–60; part + way¹

The sliding door was part-way open, and through it was borne the moist air of a river bay and the purring wash of the tide.

Satan Sanderson |Hallie Erminie Rives
It was part-way toward the center of the sky when the journey began.

The Forgotten Planet |Murray Leinster
Before he had finished Churchill was part-way up the stairs.

Fighting in Flanders |E. Alexander Powell
Half-way following, part-way following, has become very common in some of the other parts of the world, where we don't live.

Quiet Talks on Following the Christ |S. D. Gordon

This second quarry was part-way up a hill; or rather, it was a hill of granite which men were digging out and carrying away.

Diggers in the Earth |Eva March Tappan

partway

/ (ˈpɑːtˌweɪ) /

some of the way; partly I stopped reading partway through the chapter