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
Example sentences :
  • "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

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