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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The poor anticipation of current needs is partly explained by the fact that "the energy transition happened quite quickly", he added.

From Barron's

That’s partly due to a fiber gap — not enough people are eating enough daily fiber.

From Salon

They finished last season last, by the biggest margin ever, partly because they devoted extremely limited resource to last year's car, so they could focus on this year.

From BBC

Defense, Space & Security’s profitability has been depressed for a while, partly because of fixed price contracts that have declined in value as inflation raised costs.

From Barron's

However, interest from major cloud-service providers appears to be tepid, partly because they consider Google a competitor, according to industry participants.

From The Wall Street Journal

partly

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