How to Use partly in a Sentence

partly

adverb
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  • The project failed partly because of a lack of funds.
  • What you say is only partly true.
  • Bread and flour prices rose partly because of the Ukraine crisis.
    — Mae Anderson, oregonlive, 27 June 2023
  • The weather is expected to be partly cloudy, so the eclipse could be hard to see.
    — John Kennedy, Popular Science, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Highs head for the low to mid-80s under partly sunny skies.
    — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
  • Your genes could be partly to blame, a new study suggests.
    — Katie Mogg, NBC News, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Fill them partly with sand and set them up in a pyramid shape (three on the bottom, two in the middle, and one on the top).
    — Nicole Harris, Parents, 16 Nov. 2023
  • That’s partly because not all of the things in your wallet live in a single place on your phone.
    — Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
  • Set up took almost an hour and a half, and the battery arrived partly full.
    — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 June 2023
  • But there was a myth, some stories that people liked to tell that were partly true and some that weren't true at all.
    — Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 13 Oct. 2023
  • In that sense, Kohl’s run of election blow-outs was partly a phenomenon of the times.
    — Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The dam’s destruction killed dozens, partly drained the reservoir next to the power plant and flooded the Dnieper River basin.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 6 July 2023
  • The idea is modeled partly on the U.S. partnership with Israel, which comes with 10-year arms pledges.
    — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2023
  • This has to do, partly, with why we are fascinated by heroes in the first place.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Thursday looks partly to mostly sunny and nice, too, just a bit warmer, with highs in the upper 80s.
    — Molly Robey, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2023
  • In the evening, temperatures could drop to a low of 50 with partly cloudy skies, and a 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms.
    — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Monday will be partly sunny with a high near 90 and patchy smoke, the weather service says.
    — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 July 2023
  • This is partly due to its large size, according to Failla.
    — Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Their relationship was so troubled and sticky and strange, and this is partly why.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2023
  • The video, filmed partly in front of a Tennessee courthouse where a black teenager was lynched in 1927, was quickly pulled from the air on CMT.
    — Al Shipley, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The forecast calls for temperatures in the low to mid-70s with partly cloudy skies, with the sun possibly breaking through later in the day and light winds.
    — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
  • Cohen asked, referring to the New York City bar Cumming partly owns.
    — EW.com, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Orange County and the Inland Empire will see partly cloudy skies and cooler weather with highs in the upper 60s to low 70s across the weekend.
    — Mona Darwish, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • This week, Meta at least partly delivered on that promise.
    — Emilia David, The Verge, 20 July 2023
  • Saturday will see periods of sun and clouds while Sunday looks to be partly cloudy.
    — Mike Rose, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The will of Italy’s media-mogul and former prime minister – who died on June 12 at age 86 – was partly made public on Thursday.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 6 July 2023
  • Hormones are partly to blame, but the growing fetus also places strain on your blood vessels.
    — Amanda Gardner, Health, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The spike in unemployment is partly due to more people joining the labor market from the sidelines.
    — Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
  • This lack partly stems from rot caused by the area’s humid, tropical climate, Hoogervorst says.
    — Timmy Broderick, Scientific American, 21 July 2023
  • That’s partly because there’s no cash to be had in this year of huge budget deficits amounting to somewhere between $38 billion and $73 billion.
    — Thomas D. Elias, Orange County Register, 9 Apr. 2024

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