partly

Adverb

• To some extent or in some measure; not completely.
• in part; in some degree; not wholly
  • "I felt partly to blame"

Adv

• In part, or to some degree, but not completely.

Examples

• His Scrabble win was PARTLY due to skill and PARTLY to sheer luck with letter draws.
• They had partly finished the house, so they could move in before winter; the car was partly visible in the garage.

Synonyms

part, partially, feckly, imperfectly, in part, incompletely, partly, partwise, somedeal, somewhat, to an extent, to some extent, unfully

Antonyms

wholly, after a fashion, barely, half-assedly, hardly, in a sense, in a way, incompletely, inconsistently, moderately, partially, partly, poorly, somewhat, spottily, to an extent

Related Words

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