incompletely
UK/,ɪnkəm'plitli/US/.inkәm'pli:tli/
C2
Definitions
adv.
Not fully or thoroughly; only in part
不完全地，不彻底地
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedin-not, opposite of
+
completetogether, with
+
-lyfill, full
=incompletely
in- (not) + complete + -ly = 'in a not-complete way.' The -ly adverb of incomplete: done only partly.
Example Sentences
- 1.
The wound had healed only incompletely after a month.
- 2.
The form was incompletely filled in and got rejected.