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partly

/ˈpɑɹtli/ adverb A2
  1. In part, or to some degree, but not completely. · They had partly finished the house, so they could move in before winter.· The car was partly visible in the garage.
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This box contained an unctuous substance partly solid, of which it was impossible to discover the color, owing to the reflection of the polished gold, sapphires, rubies, emeralds, which ornamented the box.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1098 · C1
One of the big trees had been partly chopped through, and standing beside it, with an uplifted axe in his hands, was a man made entirely of tin.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 25 · B2
I was already asleep when I was partly awakened by his entrance.
The Valley of Fear, p. 78 · C1
With this Matthew’s companion stopped talking, partly because she was out of breath and partly because they had reached the buggy.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 17 · C1

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