Definition of partlynext

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Recent Examples of partly And that’s partly why Smith-Schuster’s wedding was such a good time for them. Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 20 July 2026 That is at least least partly due to Proposition 103, which was passed in 1988 in an era of mushrooming auto premiums. Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026 Google reportedly currently views Frozen v2 partly as a trial run and does not plan to produce it at the same scale as its TPUs. Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 20 July 2026 In June, 2025, the Israelis conducted an extended assault that appeared partly aimed at overturning the Iranian government. David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for partly
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Adverb
  • Most of the division was focused on combating malaria abroad through a decades-old program called the President’s Malaria Initiative, which was not only funded by USAID but partially run by the agency.
    Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • One is really cataract and the other one’s partially cataract.
    David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 19 July 2026
Adverb
  • The house sauce is a ketchup, mayo and whole grain mustard combination, halfway between fry sauce and Thousand Island.
    Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
  • The upper stage, sometimes referred to simply as 'Ship, then used its own six Raptor engines to fly halfway around the world before landing and exploding as expected in the Indian Ocean.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 15 July 2026

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“Partly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partly. Accessed 21 Jul. 2026.

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