by halves

Imperfectly, reluctantly, or half-heartedly, as in You really can't paint a portrait by halves. [Mid-1500s]

In a reluctant manner; unenthusiastically.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
İRfan	-	Turkish
Lesley	['lesli]
Samuilu	-	Old Church Slavic
Justine	zhuy-STEEN (French), jus-TEEN (English)	French, English, Dutch, German
Anwen	-	Welsh
Jez	JEZ	English (British)