PARTLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does partly mean? 

• PARTLY (adverb)
  The adverb PARTLY has 1 sense:

1. to some extent; in some degree; not wholly

  Familiarity information: PARTLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARTLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To some extent; in some degree; not wholly

Synonyms:

in part; part; partially; partly

Context example:

He was partially paralyzed

Antonym:

wholly (to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent ('whole' is often used informally for 'wholly'))

 Context examples 

BCL-2 may suppress cell death partly by binding to BAX via the BH3 domain preventing BAX homodimer formation.

(BH1 Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

Then he held the door partly open, steadying it with his knees, whilst he fitted a key to the lock.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

A benign, partly cystic, epithelial tumor of the sellar region, presumably derived from Rathke pouch epithelium.

(Craniopharyngioma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)

Gp120 has been shown to interfere with the normal function of CD4 and is at least partly responsible for the cytopathic effect of HIV.

(HIV Envelope Protein gp120, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

“Was it? I believe you are right,” said Tiffey,—“more than a mile off—not far from the church—lying partly on the roadside, and partly on the path, upon his face.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The ability to remember faces varies among people, and these differences are partly heritable.

(Oxytocin affects facial recognition, NIH)

This time the man succeeded only in partly blocking, and his throat was torn open.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

This is due partly to a limited understanding of the precise structure of wood cells.

(Revealing the nanostructure of wood could help raise height limits for wooden skyscrapers, University of Cambridge)

In fact, when he had but partly learned the law, his impression was that he must leave all live things alone.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

“Very probably,” was Wolf Larsen’s answer, as he turned partly away from me and cried out, “Cooky! Oh, Cooky!”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)