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Definitions

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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Recent years have given lone inventors a new tool that could at least partly level the playing field: artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

We’re talking about an enormous bureaucratic organization with 2,000 years of weird and troubled history, whose massive internal contradictions and bitter factional disputes are only partly visible to outsiders.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

Chisora, partly outside of the ropes, beat the count at eight, eyes glazed, as Wilder stalked forward.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

That hasn’t been the case more recently, partly because the stocks have nearly quadrupled since their pandemic bottoms.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Jane was forced to smile completely, for a moment; and the smile partly remained as she turned towards him, and said in a conscious, low, yet steady voice,

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.