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Synonyms for incompletely


Grammar : Adv
Spell : in-kuhm-pleet
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn kəmˈplit



Définition of incompletely

Origin :
  • early 15c., from incomplete + -ly (2).
  • adv imperfectly
Example sentences :
  • He had come in from the firing-line, and had incompletely dodged a stone.
  • Extract from : « "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" » by Douglas English
  • The bird life of the northern Marianas is also incompletely known.
  • Extract from : « The Avifauna of Micronesia, Volume 3 » by Rollin H. Baker
  • Capsule 1-celled or incompletely 3-celled by intrusion of the placent, many-seeded.
  • Extract from : « The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States » by Asa Gray
  • Pod 1-celled, or incompletely 2–4-celled at base, 4-toothed at the apex.
  • Extract from : « The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States » by Asa Gray
  • But the meaning of color, or change of color in a star is as yet only incompletely ascertained.
  • Extract from : « Astronomy » by David Todd
  • The place was alive with movement, sensed but incompletely seen.
  • Extract from : « Shock Treatment » by Stanley Mullen
  • Some of this very different story is told only too incompletely in this volume.
  • Extract from : « The Popes and Science » by James J. Walsh
  • Through the principle of autonomy, incompletely applied, the British Possessions have so far evolved.
  • Extract from : « The Open Secret of Ireland » by T. M. Kettle
  • Ruggs, most incompletely dressed, coiled himself up underneath his cot behind two lusty suitcases.
  • Extract from : « Atlantic Narratives » by Mary Antin
  • The embryo is still but incompletely folded off from the yolk-sack below.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4) » by Francis Maitland Balfour

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