How to Use partly in a Sentence

partly

adverb

• The project failed partly because of a lack of funds.
• What you say is only partly true.
• That is partly the reason 2024 was the year of the artistic beef.
  — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
• That’s partly due to the constraints of the U.S. health care system.
  — Eleanor Rivera, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
• But the ridiculousness of most of Rush! may be partly the point.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2023
• Monday, at least, that seemed to partly be a case of bad luck.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2022
• Bread and flour prices rose partly because of the Ukraine crisis.
  — Mae Anderson, oregonlive, 27 June 2023
• The weather is expected to be partly cloudy, so the eclipse could be hard to see.
  — John Kennedy, Popular Science, 12 Oct. 2023
• The concept was partly this idea of a world that's already passed.
  — Devan Coggan and Devan Coggan, EW.com, 24 Dec. 2022
• That’s partly due to a war taking place over 2,500 miles away.
  — David Bruckmeier, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2022
• Skies will remain partly to mostly cloudy for much of the day.
  — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2022
• Highs head for the low to mid-80s under partly sunny skies.
  — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
• The build out for the iconic seafood shop will take some time, partly because of its size.
  — Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2022
• That’s partly due to the shape of my ears and not being a jogger or a cyclist.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
• Rain chances should come to an end by 9 p.m., giving way to partly cloudy skies.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 28 Aug. 2022
• The findings were partly a matter of luck, Dr. Curl said.
  — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 15 July 2022
• Your genes could be partly to blame, a new study suggests.
  — Katie Mogg, NBC News, 5 Oct. 2023
• Fill them partly with sand and set them up in a pyramid shape (three on the bottom, two in the middle, and one on the top).
  — Nicole Harris, Parents, 16 Nov. 2023
• Sunday should be partly to mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with highs in the mid-80s to near 90.
  — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 28 June 2022
• That was partly what drew Dìrísù, who is British Nigerian, to the film.
  — Yohana Desta, Glamour, 19 Apr. 2022
• Tuesday will bring partly sunny skies, a high near 50 and a slight chance of rain and snow.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Oct. 2022
• That’s partly because not all of the things in your wallet live in a single place on your phone.
  — Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
• Set up took almost an hour and a half, and the battery arrived partly full.
  — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 June 2023
• But there was a myth, some stories that people liked to tell that were partly true and some that weren't true at all.
  — Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 13 Oct. 2023
• Saturday night looks partly cloudy with lows in the 40s.
  — Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2022
• Sorensen’s job will be to partly get more out of those older players.
  — Scott Powers, The Athletic, 6 Dec. 2024
• That’s partly because the cost of living in Switzerland is so high.
  — Lila MacLellan, Quartz, 19 Apr. 2022
• On Monday, the F.D.A. asked the appeals court to extend that stay, and the judges partly granted that request.
  — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2023
• Wheeler and Smith arranged and partly financed a car for Guthrie to drive, as well as a crew chief to lean on and a female team owner from Charlotte to help pay the bills.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 21 Aug. 2025
• Even the grants that survived are not being paid out, partly because the administration has fired the workers who administer the funding, said former and current staffers.
  — ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2025