Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb In part or in some degree; not completely.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In part; in some part, measure, or degree; not wholly: very often repeated in stating particulars that make up a whole.
- An obsolete form of
pertly .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In part; in some measure of degree; not wholly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb in
part , or to somedegree , but notcompletely
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in part; in some degree; not wholly
Etymologies
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Examples
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My Eyes have been leaving me in the lurch again: partly perhaps from taxing them with a little more Reading: partly from going on the Water, and straining after our River Beacons, in hot Sun and East Wind; partly also, and _main partly_ I doubt, from growing so much older and the worse for wear.
Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes Vol. II Edward FitzGerald 1846
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They were written by the Author, partly to imprefs the fubjeCls on his mind, and partly* tO aflift thofe whofe jftudies have been con - fided to his - care.
Tracts on I. The Definition and Nature of Cross Remainder, II. Fines and Recoveries by Tenant in ... 1797
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Bruslart goes on to tell us that it was the Cardinal of Lorraine who brought them into this dreadful condemnation, partly hoping to convert the Huguenots, _partly to please Catharine de 'Medici_!] [Footnote 1146: "Mais ce ne fut pas en si grande compagnie qu'auparavant.
The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird
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It had dented my pride, and my lawyer was fighting in my name partly on principle and mostly because I didnt want Hansen and those above him to think that I would just roll over and die on their say-so, but in a sense I was almost satisfied that I couldnt practice as a PI.
The Lovers John Connolly 2009
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"The title partly refers to the work being an upper crust on the existing trees, and it definitely gets a bit crusty on the ground around here," he explained.
Archive 2009-02-01 sfmike 2009
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"The title partly refers to the work being an upper crust on the existing trees, and it definitely gets a bit crusty on the ground around here," he explained.
Patrick Dougherty and The Upper Crust sfmike 2009
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The chef faced his brother with an expression partly perplexed and partly expectant, as though he might know what was coming.
The Chef’s Apprentice Elle Newmark 2008
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The chef faced his brother with an expression partly perplexed and partly expectant, as though he might know what was coming.
The Book of Unholy Mischief Elle Newmark 2008
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The chef faced his brother with an expression partly perplexed and partly expectant, as though he might know what was coming.
The Book of Unholy Mischief Elle Newmark 2008
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The chef faced his brother with an expression partly perplexed and partly expectant, as though he might know what was coming.
The Book of Unholy Mischief Elle Newmark 2008
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