Partway
Partway adverb - In some measure or degree.
Usage example: his alibi wasn't even partway believable
Sort of
Sort of adverb - To some degree or extent.
Usage example: you've been acting sort of funny all week
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Arx Fatalis revealed partway through the game that the player is a sort of supernatural manhunter sent to prevent the god Akbaa physically manifesting and enslaving the world.
Source: I Am Who? -
Most of the elite mooks are first introduced as a sort of Mini-Boss partway through a given level.
Source: Video Game / Wolfenstein (2009) - In Tokyo Mew Mew, Ichigo has a crush on Aoyama, the popular Kendo Team Captain (sort of the Japanese equivalent of the football quarterback) and they start dating partway through the series.
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