partly

«partly» in Mova's judaism 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 →

2) Partly also means «in part, as one of the reasons», as in «partly because». tree →

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

• They pronounced it partly aspirated and partly unaspirated. [See Dr. Geiger's Lehr-und Lese-buch der Mischnah, p. 22, and Dr. Graetz's Gnosticismus, p. 117.] (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• The reason why they have remained so long an unsolved problem is partly due to a lack of knowledge of Hebrew orthography, on which the Sefer Yetzirah is based. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• It will be partly cloudy tomorrow. tree →
• The glass was partly full. tree →
• The story is partly true and partly made up. tree →
• I was late partly because of the rain. tree →
• The shape is partly shaded. tree →
• The door was partly open. tree →
• He was partly to blame for the broken window. tree →
• The road is partly closed for repairs. tree →
• The Fable partly agrees with, and partly differs from both of these. tree →

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.
• Male proboscis monkeys have long dangling noses that make their calls louder, and proboscis monkeys swim well with partly webbed feet.
• Winnie the Pooh was even named partly after a real bear, a gentle black bear called Winnipeg who lived at London Zoo.
• Toast turns brown because sugars and proteins react into new substances; burnt toast is black because it has partly turned into carbon.
• "Visually impaired" means partly or fully blind; it is the official term.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «partly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.