наполови́ну
uncommon #5023C2
adverb
- 1.
half, by half, to the extent of half
Буты́лка наполови́ну пуста́.
The bottle is half empty.
Used with adjectives and verbs to say that something applies to one half: наполовину пустой 'half empty'.
- 2.
halfway, only partly, not completely
Она́ пове́рила ему́ то́лько наполови́ну.
She only half believed him.
Of something done or believed incompletely.
Examples
Это яблоко было наполовину выклеванным птицами.
This apple had been half eaten by birds pecking at it.
Э́то забавно, как не́мцы мо́гут взять глаго́л, сократи́ть его наполовину и сформулировать его в предложе́нии.
It's funny how German can take a verb, cut it in half, and spread it over a five-clause sentence.
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