as in partially
in some measure or degree
you're only partly right
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Recent Examples of partly
The official forecast for Bristol, Tennessee calls for partly sunny skies with chance of showers or thunderstorms.
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Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Current conditions Saturday at O’Hare International Airport is partly cloudy at 67 degrees.
—Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2025
Switzerland’s central location within Europe and the travel arrangements put in place for Euro 2025 are partly behind this increase.
—Cerys Jones, New York Times, 26 July 2025
Americans are worrying more about Social Security, and the Trump administration may be partly to blame.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 24 July 2025
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Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Current conditions Saturday at O’Hare International Airport is partly cloudy at 67 degrees.
—Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2025
Switzerland’s central location within Europe and the travel arrangements put in place for Euro 2025 are partly behind this increase.
—Cerys Jones, New York Times, 26 July 2025
Americans are worrying more about Social Security, and the Trump administration may be partly to blame.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for partly
Adverb
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Lawyers for the Trump administration and Washington, D.C., reached an agreement Friday to partially scale back U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi's order placing the city's police force under federal control.—
Sonam Sheth
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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American Airlines wants to fly more on the West Coast and in the Pacific, partially through a codeshare with Alaska Airlines, but the carrier appears not to want the flying to be done by its own pilots.—
Ted Reed,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Pike gestured to a few feet of curb near the entrance to an alley, about halfway down the 2100 block of North St. Louis Avenue.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Aug. 2025
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Most give up halfway, frightened by the warnings of those below.—
Sudhir Gupta,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Partly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partly. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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