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teilweise

partly

adverb TYL-vy-ze Common

Also means

partially

Usage Note

teilweise means 'partly, in part' and is built from Teil ('part') plus the productive -weise suffix that turns nouns into manner adverbs. Colloquially it can also mean 'sometimes, in some cases'.

Examples

"Die Straßen sind teilweise gesperrt."

Natural Translation

The roads are partly closed.

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