partly
to some extent; in some degree; not wholly
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,822 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 9,945 times across 175,177 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
adverb
- to some extent; in some degree; not wholly also: partially, part, in part I felt partly to blameHe was partially paralyzed
partly in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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This was partly due to the christening service, perhaps, which had gone off very charmingly.
Where the Blue Begins · Christopher Morley · Chapter 2
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This was partly the result of the conditions under which her girlhood had been spent.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance · Hall, Sir Caine · Chapter 1
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If the world is, as is so often whined, growing worse, it is partly because of our presence in it.
Crankisms · Lisle de Vaux Matthewman · Chapter 1
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Their Editors, to whom I beg to offer my thanks here, made me perform mainly by kindness but partly by bribery.
Notes on Life & Letters · Joseph Conrad · Chapter 1
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They'd got a kind of fore-shortening out of the bowsprit, and another set of canvas partly up that was dirty and patched.
The Belted Seas · Arthur Colton · Chapter 1