Adverb

ansatzweise

Translation

partially, to some extent, in traces, rudimentarily

Ich verstehe das nur ansatzweise.

I only understand that partially.

Das ist nicht ansatzweise genug.

That's not nearly enough.

Er konnte das Problem ansatzweise lösen.

He was able to solve the problem to some extent.

to do sth. only ansatzweise to do sth. only partially I only partially understood the rules.

teilweise (partially), ungefähr (approximately), in Grundzügen (in basic outline)

From 'Ansatz' (start, approach, basis) and the suffix '-weise' (in the manner of). So, 'in the manner of a start'.

Think of it as only having the 'Ansatz' (the very beginning or basis) of something, not the complete picture.