adj.
- existing only in part; incomplete.
- favouring one side in a dispute above the other; biased.
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(partial to)
having a liking for.
n.
Music an overtone or harmonic.
Derivative
- partiality n.
- partially adv.
- partialness n.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. parcial (sense 2), Fr. partiel (sense 1), from late L. partialis, from pars, part- ‘part’.