наполови́ну
fairly common #3855C2
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
Аудито́рия примерно наполовину была́ же́нской.
Around half of the audience were female.
Англи́йский наполовину состои́т из плохо́й латы́ни.
Half of English is just bad Latin.
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