partly
/ˈpɑɹtli/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In part, or to some degree, but not completely.
Example Sentences
- "They had partly finished the house, so they could move in before winter."
- "The car was partly visible in the garage."
- "Five minutes into the game the Black Cats were facing a mountain, partly because of West Brom's newly-found ruthlessness in front of goal but also as a result of the home side's defensive generosity."
- "Clara's cultural cache soon gave way to Betty Boop, the iconic cartoon flapper created partly in her image by animator Grim Natwick."
- "The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about[…] and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention. Partly, this is a result of how online advertising has traditionally worked: advertisers pay for clicks, and a click is a click, however it's obtained."
- "Will the great and mighty United States of America, the oldest democracy in the world, celebrating its 250th birthday this July, be demoted to “partly free”? I don’t know. But the mere fact that we even have to ask this question is chilling."
Etymology
Etymology tree Old French partirbor. Middle English parten English part Middle English -ly English -ly English partly From part + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɑɹtli/
- British English: /ˈpɑːtli/
Frequently Paired Words
Synonyms
Antonyms
absolutely
all-out
tout à fait
all the way
stone-cold
blind
altogether
stark
cold
at large
at length
cap-a-pie