as in partially
in some measure or degree
you're only partly right
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Recent Examples of partly
For much of the public, the full extent of the destruction does not yet seem to have sunk in, partly because the military censor has prohibited publishing the location of direct hits.
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Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 11 July 2025
Motherwell were due to face Hibs and then Celtic in the week after O’Donnell’s death, but both games were postponed, partly due to the wishes of his family.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 10 July 2025
However, apparently Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee helped lead an effort to get rid of the provision, partly on the grounds that if states don’t regulate, and the federal government doesn’t regulate, there won’t be any regulation at all.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
All of the cases at least partly turn on the Constitution’s guarantee that governments should treat people equally, the same legal issue the court weighed when finding Tennessee’s ban did not violate that protection.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 July 2025
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Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 11 July 2025
Motherwell were due to face Hibs and then Celtic in the week after O’Donnell’s death, but both games were postponed, partly due to the wishes of his family.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 10 July 2025
However, apparently Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee helped lead an effort to get rid of the provision, partly on the grounds that if states don’t regulate, and the federal government doesn’t regulate, there won’t be any regulation at all.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
All of the cases at least partly turn on the Constitution’s guarantee that governments should treat people equally, the same legal issue the court weighed when finding Tennessee’s ban did not violate that protection.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for partly
Adverb
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Slow growth can be partially attributed to incorrect assumptions by studios.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN Money,
12 July 2025
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At least 12 structures at Camp Mystic Guadalupe were fully within FEMA's 100-year flood plain, and a few more were partially in that zone, according to an AP analysis of data provided by First Street, a data science company that specializes in modeling climate risk.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 July 2025
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But Ashe is already halfway up the court, pouncing on the short ball and punching the volley away with ease to clinch the Wimbledon title.—
Matias Grez,
CNN Money,
5 July 2025
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Raleigh chalked up those developments to his maturing a little more than halfway into his fourth full major-league season.—
Andrew Destin,
Chicago Tribune,
5 July 2025
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“Partly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partly. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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