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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

P`ARTLY, adv. In part; in some measure or degree; not wholly.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: in part; in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed" [syn: partially, partly, part] [ant: all, altogether, completely, entirely, totally, whole, wholly]

Merriam Webster's

adverb Date: 1523 in some measure or degree ; partially

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adv. 1 with respect to a part or parts. 2 to some extent.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Partly Part"ly, adv. In part; in some measure of degree; not wholly. ``I partly believe it.'' --1 Cor. xi. 18.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. You use partly to indicate that something happens or exists to some extent, but not completely. It's partly my fault... He let out a long sigh, mainly of relief, partly of sadness... I feel partly responsible for the problems we're in. = partially ADV: ADV with cl/group

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

ad. In part, in some measure, in some degree.

Moby Thesaurus

after a fashion, appreciably, at any rate, at best, at least, at most, at the least, at the most, at the outside, at worst, comparatively, detectably, fairly, half, halfway, in a manner, in a way, in part, in some measure, incompletely, leastwise, merely, mildly, moderately, modestly, not comprehensively, not exhaustively, one-and-a-half, only, part, partial, partially, pro tanto, purely, relatively, simply, so far, somewhat, thus far, to a degree, to some degree, tolerably, visibly