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How to use partially in a sentence

40 example sentences · adverb

Partially means to a partial degree or extent, incompletely. Example: “I lost all my notes I'd made, so was partially winging the meeting.”

Examples of partially by meaning

adverbTo a partial degree or extent, incompletely.

  • In all 5 untreated coeliacs as well as the 3 partially treated coeliacs who were in relapse at the time of biopsy, villi were entirely absent.1961, Association of National European and Mediterranean Societies of Gastroenterology, Proceedings VIth meeting of the "Association des...

More sentences with partially

  • I lost all my notes I'd made, so was partially winging the meeting.From the entry wing
  • These results suggest that excess iodine induces thyroid involution in goitrogen-treated rats at least partially by apoptosis.From the entry goitrogen
  • The attempted lusitanization of Goa and Macao took place over centuries but was only ever partially successful.From the entry lusitanization
  • Lefotver acrylic paint will often skin as it partially dries.From the entry skin
  • Italian and Spanish are partially mutually intelligible languages.From the entry intelligible
  • With tact and management it would be possible to partially satisfy creditors, and keep up appearances for six months more.From the entry keep up appearances
  • Melezitose can be partially hydrolyzed to glucose and turanose.From the entry melezitose
  • A surgical wound may partially or completely dehisce after surgery, depending upon whether some or all of the layers of tissue come open.From the entry dehisce
  • Her announcement was quite a surprise, coming a month after she published the words "I hate weddings with a passion and a fury I can only partially explain rationally."From the entry wedding
  • Only partially, mind you, because the cause of these wrongthoughts is - ultimately - laziness.2018 November 21, Stuart Gipp, “Sonic CD travels 25 years forward in time”, in Retronauts. From the entry wrongthought
  • On top of it, partially hidden between the foliage, two humans and a halfling pulled their bows.2018 May 26, Joel Puga, “Chapter 6 Faiths”, in The Godungava, Joel Puga. From the entry treent
  • Pajata is the intestine of a suckling animal, traditionally a calf, still containing partially digested mother's milk.2017 April 4, Katie Parla, “The return of Rome's forbidden pasta”, in Explore Parts Unknown. From the entry pajata
  • After partially answering the question in a video, Legere said, "Who the f— are you anyway EFF?2016 January 11, Heather Kelly, “T-Mobile CEO apologizes for EFF F-bomb”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 14 May 2025. From the entry eff
  • As Marilyn led them down the hallway, Lorna glanced into the partially draped rooms.2015, Rainer Rey, The Find. From the entry draped
  • This effect was present in the hypodopaminergic state and could partially be restored by dopamine repletion.2015 August 19, “Facial Emotion Recognition in Parkinson's Disease: An fMRI Investigation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry hypodopaminergic
  • The airway lumen was also partially occluded by seroproteinaceous fluid and cell debris intermixed with mucin.2015 December 8, “Kinetics of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Memphis Strain 37 (M37) Infection in the Respiratory Tract of Newborn…. From the entry seroproteinaceous
  • Now picture this, Bubba and Earl were missing their front teeth, where partially bald with scraggly beards.2015, MadDog Woods, The Many Concerns of MadDog. From the entry looksome
  • I've settled upon demigirl to describe my gender, a nonbinary identity meaning partially girl, partially something else.2015 September, anonymous author, “Breaking the Binary”, in Counterpoint College, Wellesley College, page 10. From the entry demigirl
  • Their legs are partially covered as a plateskirt extends halfway to their horse legs.2014, T. Cannon, “Waking up the rest”, in Artésque (The Fragment of Stoná; 1), [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN. From the entry plateskirt
  • This is partially due to the fact that they have been around since early in ROBLOX history.2013, Brandon LaRouche, Intermediate ROBLOX Lua Programming, Double Trouble Studio, →ISBN, page 172. From the entry ROBLOX
  • Zealandic has a southern lexicon and there is no trace of a partially southern lexicon in Afrikaans.2012, Hans den Besten, Ton van der Wouden, Roots of Afrikaans: Selected Writings of Hans Den Besten, →ISBN. From the entry Zealandic
  • These proteins help a partially heat-denatured protein to regain its native secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structures.2012, Frederick Bettelheim, William Brown, Mary Campbell, Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry, page 359. From the entry unboil
  • Examples of partially conducting paints are zinc ortho-titanate, alodyne, and indium oxide.2011, Shu T. Lai, Fundamentals of Spacecraft Charging. From the entry alodyne
  • But while malls killed much of downtown America, they only partially injured New York City.2010, Roberta Brandes Gratz, The Battle for Gotham, page 21. From the entry shell shock
  • Kelyphite is a fine grained, fibrous and radially oriented mineral assembly surrounding partially retrogressed garnet.2009, M. Obata, K. Ozawa, D. Spengler, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #V44A-02. From the entry kelyphite
  • Is it still possible to carry them out, even if only partially?2005 April 26, Randall Baker, “The Fax”, in Adopting Eldar: Joy, Tragedy and Red Tape: A Unique International Adoption, Bloomington, Ind.…. From the entry do svidaniia
  • Historians began to reanimate elements of the national historical memory partially destroyed by Soviet power.2003, Andreas Kappeler, “The Russian Empire and Its Nationalities in Post-Soviet Historiographies”, in Hayashi Tadayuki, editor, The…. From the entry black spot
  • In the aftermath, İznik was sacked and partially destroyed, its population massacred.2003, Adam Peck, Manja Sachet, Turkey Guide, Open Road Publishing, →ISBN, page 295. From the entry İznik
  • Consequently, these partially unshielded cations create a very large electric fields extending into the supercage.2003, Scott M. Auerbach, Kathleen A. Carrado, Prabir K. Dutta, Handbook of Zeolite Science and Technology (page 60). From the entry supercage
  • She married not only despite his controllingness, but partially because of it.2002, Mark A. Reinecke, Michael R. Davison, Comparative Treatments Of Depression, page 130. From the entry controllingness
  • Small planospiral criocones with partially coiled whorls (microconchs) or completely uncoiled (macroconchs).2002, K. Histon, Albert Daurer, Cephalopods, present and past. From the entry criocone
  • One reason is that netfic is partially satisfying my fanfic addiction.2000 November 5, Shomeret [username], “Re: Fan Fiction Readers (and Writers)”, in alt.tv.highlander (Usenet). From the entry netfic
  • About ten boulderous stones lie partially buried in the ground and protrude no more than about 0.3m.2000 May 22, John Armstrong, quoting http://www.sypeland.freeserve.co.uk/site11.htm [no longer accessible], “Eaglesfield”, in…. From the entry boulderous
  • However, this ideal was only partially realised, for God remains to be the centre of the moderners.1999, Y. Masih, A Critical History of Western Philosophy: Greek, Medieval and Modern. From the entry moderner
  • In most systems, the optical misfigure can be at least partially corrected by focussing at one wavelength.1990, Russell A. Chipman, Polarization Considerations for Optical Systems II, page 320. From the entry misfigure
  • When made of lightweight cotton, the unlined and partially lined kimono become yukata.1988, John Marshall, Make Your Own Japanese Clothes: Patterns and Ideas for Modern Wear, Kodansha International, →ISBN, page 45. From the entry yukata
  • Even before Julius Book agrees to search for Silk, his dealings with the world are partially precapitalistic.1988 August 12, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “60s Wisdom”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2015. From the entry precapitalistic
  • The chain coral Halysites, one corallite partially cut away to expose tabulae.1987, E. W. Nield, Drawing & Understanding Fossils: A Theoretical and Practical Guide for Beginners, with Self-assessment, Pergamon Press…. From the entry tabula
  • Allochems and preexisting cements may be unreplaced, partially replaced, replaced mimically, or replaced nonmimically.1987, Journal of Sedimentary Petrology - Volume 57, page 967. From the entry mimically

Meaning of partially

  1. adverb To a partial degree or extent, incompletely.

Full definition of partially

Questions about partially in a sentence

How do you use partially in a sentence?
Partially is used as an adverb. For example: “I lost all my notes I'd made, so was partially winging the meeting.”
What is a short sentence with partially?
“Italian and Spanish are partially mutually intelligible languages.”
What does partially mean?
Partially means to a partial degree or extent, incompletely.

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