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PARTIALLY vs PARTLY

Both 'partially' and 'partly' are correct adverbs that can be used to indicate something is incomplete or to a limited extent. They are interchangeable in many contexts, but 'partially' is more formal and commonly used in formal writing, while 'partly' is more informal and used in everyday speech.

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PARTIALLY

The adverb 'partially' is correct and commonly used in formal writing to indicate something is incomplete or to a limited extent.

It is used to describe something that is not complete or only to a certain extent.

Examples:

The project was only partially completed.
She was partially responsible for the mistake.
He only partially understood the instructions.
The results were partially influenced by external factors.
The company is partially owned by a foreign investor.

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SCOPE OF DATA: SOLO FULLY CONSOLIDATED (SF), SOLO PARTIALLY CONSOLIDATED (SP) OR SUBCONSOLIDATED (SC)
Mr. Finnegan partially identified him.
On-demand audiovisual media services have the potential to partially replace television broadcasting.
The material fused into the anterior ventral femur appears to be plastic, partially melted.
However, Austria only partially respected those commitments.
The Centre is partially financed from the Health Programme.
My men recovered a partially dismembered body fitting his description.
Partially restore the EP first reading on accessible formats.
The problem can be partially solved by benchmarking.
Furthermore, during the verification visit access to information was partially denied.
Printed page of advertising, of A4 format, partially or completely folded.
As the Council points out, 60 amendments have been incorporated fully and 10 partially.
In other countries clients pay, but in most cases are partially or fully reimbursed.
In most other areas the priorities were partially fulfilled.
So the reign of terror was partially a mass purge of vampires.
It's clearly only partially trivial.
I called handsome Luke. I explained the weekend was entirely my fault, partially.
Accordingly, it is proposed to reduce this flexibility by partially reinstating the original Commission proposal on this issue.
Which is partially what makes him such a good agent.
The Commission is only partially achieving the objectives set for its NUTS breakdown.

Alternatives:

partly
in part
to some extent
incompletely
to a limited extent

PARTLY

The adverb 'partly' is correct and commonly used in everyday speech to indicate something is incomplete or to a limited extent.

It is used to describe something that is not complete or only to a certain extent.

Examples:

I'm only partly finished with my homework.
The decision was partly influenced by his opinion.
She's partly right about the situation.
The success of the event was partly due to good planning.
The company is partly owned by a local family.

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This was partly offset by less favourable developments in 2008.
Poland partly complied with this recommendation.
DESCRIPTION OF THE MEASURES IN QUESTION: AID AIMED AT MAINTAINING A PARTLY NON-PROFITABLE ACTIVITY
II. DESCRIPTION OF THE MEASURES IN QUESTION: AID AIMED AT MAINTAINING A PARTLY NON-PROFITABLE ACTIVITY
WHEREAS UNDER ARTICLE 11 OF DIRECTIVE 76/118/EEC, THE COMPOSITION OF CERTAIN PARTLY OR WHOLLY DEHYDRATED PRESERVED MILK IS REQUIRED TO BE VERIFIED BY COMMUNITY METHODS OF ANALYSIS;
The aluminium wire rolls have been partly damaged and deformed.
Symptoms may disappear completely or partly.
Denmark partly justifies its ban on moral grounds.
In January 2006 this instrument was partly revised and improved.
Anyhow both derogations partly concern the same operators.
However, specific duties are partly maintained.
Reinstates partly amendment 114 of first reading.
The Commission can partly accept Amendment 25.
These stockpiles are partly the result of subsidies.
Temporary jobs can only partly compensate for this.
What you said about strikes is partly true.
This also applies to the partly co-operating Taiwanese producer.
That is partly a financial question.
Admittedly, this is partly a question of national responsibilities.
The results we achieved were only partly satisfactory.

Alternatives:

partially
in part
to some extent
incompletely
to a limited extent

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