What does PARTLY mean?

Definitions for PARTLY
ˈpɑrt lipart·ly

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word PARTLY.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. partially, partly, partadverb

    in part; in some degree; not wholly

    "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed"

Wiktionary

  1. partlyadverb

    in part, or to some degree, but not completely

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Partlyadverb

    In some measure; in some degree; in part.

    Etymology: from part.

    That part, which, since the coming of Christ, partly hath embraced, and partly shall hereafter embrace the christian religion, we term, as by a more proper name, the church of Christ. Richard Hooker, b. iii. s. 1.

    The inhabitants of Naples have been always very notorious for leading a life of laziness and pleasure, which I take to arise out of the wonderful plenty of their country, that does not make labour so necessary to them, and partly out of the temper of their climate, that relaxes the fibres of their bodies, and disposes the people to such an idle indolent humour. Joseph Addison, Remarks on Italy.

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  1. partly

    Partly refers to a certain extent or degree but not completely or entirely. It refers to something being the case or true to some extent but not fully. It is often used to indicate that there are several reasons, causes, or factors involved in a situation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Partlyadverb

    in part; in some measure of degree; not wholly

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'PARTLY' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1815

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'PARTLY' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2473

  3. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'PARTLY' in Adverbs Frequency: #155

Anagrams for PARTLY »

  1. raptly

  2. paltry

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of PARTLY in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of PARTLY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of PARTLY in a Sentence

  1. Graham Staplehurst:

    Both Alibaba and Amazon are connecting with consumers across a wide variety of their needs, they are growing more than others partly because of their activity outside retailing.

  2. Chief Executive Hossein Yassaie:

    Partly it is China, but also generally phones are now good enough that people do not upgrade them as quickly as they used to.

  3. Yanzhong Huang:

    Almost all TCM products in China do not go through the rigorous procedures Western modern medicine typically goes through. That's partly why people don't trust TCM in the Western world.

  4. The President:

    I'm more restricted, ironically, as President of the United States than I will be as a private citizen in terms of some of the hands-on direct help I want to do, partly because of schedule and partly because of making sure that in my relationship to Kenya, I'm understood to be operating as the President of the United States.

  5. Eryn Kenney:

    I do believe that it is PARTLY [ the student body's ] fault, i believe that much of the spreading could have been prevented if the students hadn't partied or hadn't gone anywhere without masks on.

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