Antonyms for partly
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : pahrt-lee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɑrt li |
Definition of partly
Origin :- 1520s, from part (n.) + -ly (2).
- adv not completely
- "It is partly for your sake that I wish it, my poor child," said he.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- She stood aghast all this time, partly with real, partly with affected, surprise.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Partly because of it he never got to know the middle classes in England.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- This feeling was partly nervous, it is true, but not entirely so.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- I asked, partly to fill up Mrs. Alderling's continued silence.
- Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells
- Uncas partly raised his body, and offered his hand to the grasp of Heyward.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- The meaning of blaneum is partly explained by fealwe mearas below, l. 866.
- Extract from : « Beowulf » by Unknown
- "Well, partly that, but there's another thing," Trapper Jim went on to say.
- Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie
- They are still partly on a marriage, and partly on an artistic, tour.'
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- His slowness was partly assumed; his indifference was a mere habit.
- Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
Synonyms for partly
- at best
- at least
- 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
- partially
- piece by piece
- piecemeal
- relatively
- slightly
- so far as possible
- somewhat
- to a certain degree
- to a certain extent
- up to a certain point
- within limits
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