partlyadverb
uk/ˈpɑːt.li/us/ˈpɑːrt.li/B1 to some degree, but not completely:
His attractiveness is partly due to his self-confidence.
The house is partly owned by her father.
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- The hot weather is partly to blame for the water shortage.
- The American Civil War was fought between the North and the South partly over the issue of slavery.
- Her story is only partly true.
- Its commercial success as a city is partly due to its excellent rail and road communications.
- The floor was partly covered with a dirty old rug.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Incomplete
- extent
- fragmentary
- imperfect
- imperfection
- in a manner of speaking idiom
- incomplete
- long
- long story short idiom
- part
- partial
- partially
- patchy
- point
- scratch/scrape the surface idiom
- semi
- surface
- unfinished
- up to a point idiom
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