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# partly

«partly» in Mova's school dictionary: **not completely; to some degree, but not all** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (partly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Partly means not completely; to some degree, but not all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partly/#m1)

2) Partly also means «in part, as one of the reasons», as in «partly because». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In weather forecasts, «partly cloudy» or «partly sunny» means some clouds and some sun. In maths, «partly» tells you it is not the whole: a partly full glass is somewhere between empty and full; a partly coloured shape has some parts coloured (a fraction). In reasoning, «partly because» shows there is more than one reason. Phrases: «partly cloudy», «partly true», «partly to blame», «partly because».

### examples

- It will be partly cloudy tomorrow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partly/#x1)
- The glass was partly full. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partly/#x2)
- The story is partly true and partly made up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partly/#x3)
- I was late partly because of the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partly/#x4)
- The shape is partly shaded. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partly/#x5)
- The door was partly open. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partly/#x6)
- He was partly to blame for the broken window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partly/#x7)
- The road is partly closed for repairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partly/#x8)
- The Fable partly agrees with, and partly differs from both of these. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partly/#x9)

### note

Do not confuse with «partially» (very similar meaning) or «party». «Partly» is an adverb, so it describes adjectives and verbs: «partly open», «partly finished». If something is partly done, it is more than none but less than all.

### In the corpora

- [In 2018 one of Banksy's paintings partly shredded itself right after it sold at auction.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/19-street-art-and-graffiti-legal-walls-vs-vandalism/10/)
- [Male proboscis monkeys have long dangling noses that make their calls louder, and proboscis monkeys swim well with partly webbed feet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower/5/)
- [Winnie the Pooh was even named partly after a real bear, a gentle black bear called Winnipeg who lived at London Zoo.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/396-cartoon-animals-put-right-scooby-doo-garfield-sonic-winnie-the-pooh-and-woody-woodpecker/6/)
- [Toast turns brown because sugars and proteins react into new substances; burnt toast is black because it has partly turned into carbon.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/9-changes-you-can-and-cannot-undo/11/)
- ["Visually impaired" means partly or fully blind; it is the official term.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/4-illness-disability-and-babies/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «partly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.