as in partially
in some measure or degree
you're only partly right
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Recent Examples of partly
Thursday’s deal was partly meant to answer the question of what Asana actually is in a world where AI does a lot of what work-management software was built for.
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Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 29 May 2026
The move was partly to give Soler time to heal and also to keep Mike Trout from playing center field all three games on the turf at Tropicana Field.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
Otherwise, skies will be partly sunny with temperature highs near 90 degrees.
—Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 2026
This is done partly to reduce the plan’s costs and partly to prevent employees from making emotional decisions during times of high market volatility.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
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Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 29 May 2026
The move was partly to give Soler time to heal and also to keep Mike Trout from playing center field all three games on the turf at Tropicana Field.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
Otherwise, skies will be partly sunny with temperature highs near 90 degrees.
—Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 2026
This is done partly to reduce the plan’s costs and partly to prevent employees from making emotional decisions during times of high market volatility.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for partly
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In 2024, Google halted plans for a data center outside of Santiago, Chile, after a court partially revoked its permits over water concerns.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
4 June 2026
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Townsel said in an email that historically Hartford Public Schools has been able to partially balance the rising costs of students leaving the district through high staff vacancy rates.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
4 June 2026
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These are strange, dream-like stories that give the reader a feeling of meeting the characters halfway through their journeys, sometimes with no beginning or end.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
7 June 2026
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Tabbed a Colts starter as a rookie, hamstring and quadriceps ailments shut him down halfway through that initial professional campaign.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
5 June 2026
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“Partly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partly. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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