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# partly

adverb (partly)

«partly» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Partly means not completely; to some degree, but not all. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partly/#m2)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partly/#x1)
- The glass was partly full. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partly/#x2)
- The story is partly true and partly made up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partly/#x3)
- I was late partly because of the rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partly/#x4)
- The shape is partly shaded. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partly/#x5)
- The door was partly open. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partly/#x6)
- He was partly to blame for the broken window. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partly/#x7)
- The road is partly closed for repairs. [tree →](https://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://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 Jewish tradition

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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/partly/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/partly/#x2)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «partly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«partly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/partly.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «partly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/partly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«partly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/partly.html) on Mova free.