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Definition of Partly
1. Adverb. In part; in some degree; not wholly. "He was partially paralyzed"
Definition of Partly
1. adv. In part; in some measure of degree; not wholly.
Definition of Partly
1. Adverb. in part, or to some degree, but not completely ¹
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Definition of Partly
1. in some measure or degree [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Partly
Literary usage of Partly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"Rocks of this group consist partly of crystals or crystalline VOL. xvi.—No.
414 particles, and partly of a non-crystalline amorphous substance or paste, ..."
2. Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life by George Eliot (1873)
"... to Ladislaw was due partly to excusable prejudice, or even justifiable opinion,
partly to a jealous repugnance hardly less in ..."
3. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (1921)
"... partly BT IGNORANCE, partly BY WICKEDNESS. f WHILE experience testifies that
the seeds of religion ..."
4. The Inter-state Commerce Act: An Analysis of Its Provisions by John Randolph Dos Passos (1887)
"... from a port of entry either in the United States or in an adjacent foreign
country. (Sec. 1.) Common Carriers partly by Railroad and partly by Water. ..."
5. History of the Sacred Scriptures of the New Testament by Eduard Reuss (1884)
"They are based partly upon the contents, partly upon tradition, are mutually
related, and in the course of time have become more and more extended. ..."
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