as in partially
in some measure or degree
you're only partly right
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Recent Examples of partly
Microsoft announced plans to cut around 9,000 jobs in July, which the company partly attributed to reducing layers of management.
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Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2025
The football forecast in Fort Collins hasn’t looked partly Sonny in what feels like forever.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2025
AccuWeather forecasts a high of 59 degrees with partly cloudy skies for Halloween in Louisville.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
At night, partly cloudy, with a low around 35.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2025
The football forecast in Fort Collins hasn’t looked partly Sonny in what feels like forever.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2025
AccuWeather forecasts a high of 59 degrees with partly cloudy skies for Halloween in Louisville.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
At night, partly cloudy, with a low around 35.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for partly
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The most serious was in late 2022, when two of Ginger's tiger cubs drowned after falling into a partially frozen pond.—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Trump has suggested buoyancy in the market (owing to analysts partially banking on the idea that tariffs won’t go ahead) is justification in itself to push ahead with the plans.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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Everyone has had that experience of being halfway across the world and suddenly running into someone from home.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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Construction on a $140 million pedestrian walkway to the B gates is halfway done and is expected to wrap up in the middle of 2026.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Partly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partly. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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