as in partially
in some measure or degree
you're only partly right
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Recent Examples of partly
Friday evening will be partly cloudy and mild.
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Cbs Texas Staff, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
Some early attempts at CF gene therapy were partly successful.
—Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Cases have been rising, the tick’s geographic distribution has been expanding, and tick seasons have been starting earlier and lasting longer, partly as a result of climate change.
—Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2026
Still, Ookla editorial director Sue Marek suspects some urban dwellers are adopting Starlink partly due to dissatisfaction with traditional ISPs.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
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Cbs Texas Staff, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
Some early attempts at CF gene therapy were partly successful.
—Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Cases have been rising, the tick’s geographic distribution has been expanding, and tick seasons have been starting earlier and lasting longer, partly as a result of climate change.
—Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2026
Still, Ookla editorial director Sue Marek suspects some urban dwellers are adopting Starlink partly due to dissatisfaction with traditional ISPs.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for partly
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Demolition and recovery operations will resume Sunday morning at the site of the parking garage that partially collapsed this week in Grays Ferry.—
Ryan Hughes,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Ujamaa Construction filed a mechanic’s lien against the council in November saying that it was owed $761,928 for work done on the property that it had only partially been paid for, according to documents from the Cook County recorder of deeds.—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2026
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Now more than halfway to the moon, the Artemis II astronauts prepared for their historic lunar fly-around to push deeper into space than even the Apollo astronauts.—
Marcia Dunn,
Fortune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Didier—tall, blondish, and well fed—took a black iron pan having fairly high, curving sides, set it near the edge of the hot, flat metal cooktop, filled it halfway with coarse salt, and every so often shook it back and forth.—
Jeffrey Steingarten,
Vogue,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Partly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partly. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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