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partly

[pahrt-lee] / ˈpɑrt li /
ADVERB
not completely
Synonyms
STRONGEST
at least partially slightly somewhat
WEAK
at best at most at worst bit by bit by degrees carelessly halfway in a general way in bits and pieces in part in some measure in some ways inadequately incompletely insufficiently little by little measurably not entirely not fully not strictly speaking not wholly notably noticeably piece by piece piecemeal relatively so far as possible to a certain degree to a certain extent up to a certain point within limits
Antonyms
WEAK
completely totally wholly

Example Sentences

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KT’s 1Q operating profit likely fell 29% on year, partly due to higher costs from a customer retention program following a 2025 data breach, the analysts write in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

This may partly offset weak private credit demand, they note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

The cost of partly finished goods shot up 2.6%, with accounting for three-quarters of the increase.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

Perhaps France fears that its strategic autonomy would be weakened by joining a bank that it would only partly own.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

And partly because population growth burned humanity’s boats.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari