partly

Adverb

Meaning

In part; in some measure of degree; not wholly.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

part partially in part little rather half comparatively slightly somewhat portion partial barely hardly moderately halfway

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Antonyms

wholly spang all right through full

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Related terms

partially

Phrases with the word

partly open partly responsible partly skimmed milk partly agree partly cover partly lacking hair

Anagrams

paltry raptly

Examples

Finds progress, man's distinctive mark alone, Not God's, and not the beast's; God is, they are, Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be. Robert Browning

Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose. Tennessee Williams

Iceland, though it lies so far to the north that it is partly within the Arctic Circle, is, like Norway, Scotland, and Ireland, affected by the Gulf Stream, so that considerable portions of it are quite habitable. Harry Johnston

Get overripe before partly ripe. Thai Proverb

All kinds of fame belong partly to others. Arabic Proverb

The marksman hitteth the mark partly by pulling, partly by letting go. Egyptian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

partlessness partlet Partlow partly agree partly burned wood partly cover