what does it mean to be "partial" to something?

Question

just curious

Answer 1

You like something better.
Example: I am partial to the color blue since it reminds me of the ocean.

Answer 2

If you partial to something, you're keen on it. You like it.
For instance:
I'am partial to cheesecake.
Which is a bit odd because a dictionary quotes:
biased
prejudiced
unfair
narrow-minded
one-sided
inequitable
So I guess it's a bit more than keen on somethoing.

I'm one-sided about cheesecake, doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

Answer 3

To have a leaning toward or preference for it. As in, "I'm partial to Indian food."

Answer 4

I think it means you are very partial to something , well that's what it says in the dictionary.

Answer 5

Actually.. there are four different and really distinctly different meanings for this word.. they are:

Of, pertaining to, or affecting, a part only; not general or universal; not total or entire; as, a partial eclipse of the moon.

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Inclined to favor one party in a cause, or one side of a question, more then the other; baised; not indifferent; as, a judge should not be partial.

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Having a predelection for; inclined to favor unreasonably; foolishly fond.

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Pertaining to a subordinate portion; as, a compound umbel is made up of a several partial umbels; a leaflet is often supported by a partial petiole.

Answer 6

For our lives to have meaning you gotta be able to rim the angry bull billy no what im sayinnnnnn daaarddddd nyooorn

Answer 7

It means you are drawn to it, you prefer it and I would guess it's not Phil Collins, lol.

Answer 8

showing undue and most often undeserved attention to something/somebody at the cost of something else/somebody else

Answer 9

to be biased in favour of something

Answer 10

That you prefer it