as in partially
in some measure or degree
you're only partly right
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Saturday Saturday is forecasted as partly sunny with a high near 41 and a 20 percent chance of showers.
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Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 Dec. 2024
State of play: Fewer people are ordering the Cybertruck than Tesla predicted partly because of the recalls, Consumer Guide Automotive publisher Tom Appel tells Axios.
—Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
Trump and his team view the attorney general as one of the most important jobs in his incoming administration partly due to his rocky relationship with the Justice Department in his first term.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 22 Nov. 2024
From 2018 to 2022, medical debt reporting decreased by 37%, partly due to litigation and compliance concerns.
—Gary Drenik, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 Dec. 2024
State of play: Fewer people are ordering the Cybertruck than Tesla predicted partly because of the recalls, Consumer Guide Automotive publisher Tom Appel tells Axios.
—Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
Trump and his team view the attorney general as one of the most important jobs in his incoming administration partly due to his rocky relationship with the Justice Department in his first term.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 22 Nov. 2024
From 2018 to 2022, medical debt reporting decreased by 37%, partly due to litigation and compliance concerns.
—Gary Drenik, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Partly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partly. Accessed 13 Dec. 2024.
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