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part·ly  (pärtl)
adv.
In part or in some degree; not completely.

partly [ˈpɑːtlɪ]
adv
to some extent; not completely
Usage: Partly and partially are to some extent interchangeable, but partly should be used when referring to a part or parts of something: the building is partly (not partially) of stone, while partially is preferred for the meaning to some extent: his mother is partially (not partly) sighted
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Adv.1.partly - in part; in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed"
all, altogether, completely, entirely, totally, whole, wholly - to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea"

partly
adverb partially, relatively, somewhat, slightly, in part, halfway, not fully, in some measure, incompletely, up to a certain point, to a certain degree or extent This is partly my fault.
completely, totally, fully, entirely, in full, wholly
Usage: Partly and partially are to some extent interchangeable, but partly should be used when referring to a part or parts of something: the building is partly (not partially) made of stone, while partially is preferred for the meaning to some extent: his mother is partially (not partly) sighted.
Translations
partly [ˈpɑːtlɪ] ADVen parte
that is only partly trueeso es verdad sólo en parte
I am partly to blameen parte es culpa mía
he is partly responsible for thisen parte él es responsable de esto
it was partly destroyedquedó parcialmente destruido
the film is partly a romance, partly a comedyla película es en parte romántica y en parte cómica, la película tiene partes románticas y partes cómicas

partly [ˈpɑːrtli] adven partie
It's partly my fault → C'est en partie ma faute.

partly

partly [ˈpɑːtlɪ] advparzialmente, in parte
partly [ˈpɑːtlɪ] advparzialmente, in parte

partly جزئياً částečně delvist zum Teil εν μέρει en parte osaksi en partie dijelom parzialmente 部分的に 부분적으로 gedeeltelijk delvis częściowo em parte частично delvis บางส่วน kısmen phần nào 部分地


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But as we ascend in the social scale, the process of discriminating and being discriminated by hearing increases in difficulty, partly because voices are assimilated, partly because the faculty of voice-discrimination is a plebeian virtue not much developed among the Aristocracy.
Though the poems of the Boeotian school (2) were unanimously assigned to Hesiod down to the age of Alexandrian criticism, they were clearly neither the work of one man nor even of one period: some, doubtless, were fraudulently fathered on him in order to gain currency; but it is probable that most came to be regarded as his partly because of their general character, and partly because the names of their real authors were lost.
The votes allotted to them are in a compound ratio, which considers them partly as distinct and coequal societies, partly as unequal members of the same society.
 
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