partly
adverb/ˈpɑrtli/
Frequency rank: #2,812 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
To some extent but not completely; in part.
Example sentence
The sky was mostly clear, but it was still partly cloudy in some areas.
Synonyms & related words
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