partly
UK/ˈpɑːtli//ˈpɑɹtli/
partly adverb: in part, or to some degree, but not completely.
Adverb
partly (not comparable)
- In part, or to some degree, but not completely.
- They had partly finished the house, so they could move in before winter.
- The car was partly visible in the garage.
- Synonyms:
- feckly, in part, imperfectly, incompletely, partially, partwise, somedeal, somewhat, to an extent, to some extent
- Antonyms:
- absolutely, all-out, tout à fait, all the way, stone-cold, blind, altogether, stark, cold, at large
partly meaning in Marathi, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam
partly in Marathi
- अंशतः
partly in Bengali
- partly, partially, in part
- অংশত oṅśoto
partly in Telugu
- పాక్షికంగా
partly in Malayalam
- ഏതാനും, കുറെ, ഭാഗികമായി, ഭാഗികയളവിൽ
More languagesFewer languages
- partly in Kannada
- ಅರೆಕುರಿಯಾಗಿ, ಸ್ವಲ್ಪಮಟ್ಟಿಗೆ, ಭಾಗಶಃ
- partly in Punjabi
- ਅੰਸ਼ਕ ਤੌਰ'ਤੇ, ਅੰਸ਼ਕ ਤੌਰ ਉੱਤੇ, ਅੰਸ਼ਕ ਤੌਰ ਤੇ
- partly in Gujarati
- અંશતઃ
Examples of partly in a sentence
- Five minutes into the game the Black Cats were facing a mountain, partly because of West Brom's newly-found ruthlessness in front of goal but also as a result of the home side's defensive generosity.2011 October 1, Phil Dawkes, “Sunderland 2-2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 26 Dec 2024:
- Clara's cultural cache soon gave way to Betty Boop, the iconic cartoon flapper created partly in her image by animator Grim Natwick.2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative...
- Partly, this is a result of how online advertising has traditionally worked: advertisers pay for clicks, and a click is a click, however it's obtained.2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2021...
- Will the great and mighty United States of America, the oldest democracy in the world, celebrating its 250th birthday this July, be demoted to “partly free”?2026 March 16, Michael Tomasky, “A Big Announcement Is Coming This Week. Americans Should Be Nervous.”, in The New Republic, archived from...
Synonyms of partly
- feckly
- in part
- imperfectly
- incompletely
- partially
- partwise
- somewhat
- to an extent
- to some extent
- unfully
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Antonyms
- absolutely
- all-out
- tout à fait
- all the way
- stone-cold
- blind
- altogether
- stark
- cold
- cap-a-pie
10 more antonymsFewer antonyms
Origin of partly
From part + -ly.
Words that rhyme with partly
Questions about partly
- What does partly mean?
- Partly means in part, or to some degree, but not completely.
- What is partly in Marathi?
- Partly in Marathi is अंशतः. See Partly meaning in Marathi.
- How do you use partly in a sentence?
- Five minutes into the game the Black Cats were facing a mountain, partly because of West Brom's newly-found ruthlessness in front of goal but also as a result of the home side's defensive generosity.
- What part of speech is partly?
- Partly is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce partly?
- Partly is pronounced /ˈpɑɹtli/ (US).
Words near partly in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: partly (page history and authors); partly (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); অংশত (Bengali) (page history and authors); partly (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); partly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); partly (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); partly (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); partly (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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