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partly(dictionary)
BACKCOCK AND BROWN - PARTLY PAID SHARES(finance)

partly (iou)



partly adverb. ['p¨»:tli] E16.
[from PART noun + -LY2.]
With respect to a part; in part; to some extent, not wholly. (Usu. repeated in ref. to each of the parts mentioned.)
J. Payn A partly-heard conversation. J. C. Powys Barter always won favour, partly by reason of his being a gentleman. E. Bowen This back room was partly store, partly office. J. Kosinski Chance's last words were partly lost in the excited murmuring of the audience.