partly complete vs partially complete

Both 'partly complete' and 'partially complete' are correct and commonly used phrases in English. They can be used interchangeably to describe something that is not fully finished.

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partly complete

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to describe something that is not fully finished or done. It indicates that a certain portion or aspect of a task or project has been completed.

Examples:

The report is partly complete, but we still need to add the conclusion.
The renovation of the house is partly complete, with only the kitchen left to be done.

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It has a rustic look partly mitigated by the complete restoration of the building.
The surrounding land extends for 21,770 m² and is partly fenced; to complete the property there is also a source.
The work began in 1997 but took five long years to complete - partly because of the delicate archaeological nature of the excavation of the site.
Good: The driver can interrupt entering a phone number, look for several seconds at the road scene and then complete the partly entered number.
Offers made during the daytime session, if not yet executed, or only partly executed, may complete contracts during the evening session.
These four steps â often occurring partly or completely in parallel â constitute the complete combustion of the fuel.
However the complete assembly may be delivered only partly assembled.
Only some of the drawings reached us complete and completely or partly coloured.
Complete the property, panoramic land that surrounds the house with hectares 17.31, partly hilly and partly flat.
After you complete drying lacquer carve designs in filigree, colored surfaces so that the underlying - often separated only by barriers as thin as a hair - are partly visible again.
The house is surrounded by a large private garden which partly extends into the woods, at the complete disposal of our guests.
Completes its range of services with its own free parking lot is partly covered and bike rental, available from reception at no extra charge.
Project No LIFE 04/ENV/AT/000002, submitted by the municipality of Schwanenstadt, concerns a revolutionary procedure for the complete renovation of partly pre-fabricated concrete buildings from the 1970s.
Parts of the pages or the complete publication including all offers and information might be extended, changed or partly or completely deleted by the author without separate announcement.
A complete protection of the data from access by third parties is not possible. CookiesThe internet pages partly use so-called cookies.
Candidates complete the listening and speaking tests on a computer, and finish the writing tests partly on the computer and partly on an answer sheet.
Everything has been positioned partly in the bridge console which is fitted with pop-up hatches that can also be used to contain communication devices like the telephone receivers, and partly in the back of the wheelhouse, to integrate and complete the furnishing elements.
The author reserves the right explicity, to change, amend, delete or partly or ultimately adjust parts of the pages or the complete offer without specific notification.
It forms a unified area of historical, single-storey buildings, a partly medieval street network and a viable urban community complete with dwellings, shops and services.
Parts of the pages or the complete publication including all offers and information might be extended, changed or partly or completely deleted by Anton Paar without separate announcement.

Alternatives:

partially complete
partly finished
incomplete
unfinished
partially done

partially complete

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to describe something that is not fully finished or done. It indicates that a certain portion or aspect of a task or project has been completed.

Examples:

The project is partially complete, but we still have some tasks to finish.
The painting is partially complete, with only the background left to be done.

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Even if partially complete.
Although its last commercial passenger flight was in 1978, production of the Tu-144 did not cease until 1983, when construction of the airframe was stopped and left partially complete.
Where you only partially complete a booking or listing.
I regret to inform you... but this map recovered from BB-8... is only partially complete.
We left the campaign page up until today for anyone who might want to vent some frustration, along with the partially complete Alternatives list and all other site content.
Three or four of us, in 1957, put forward a partially complete theory of one of these forces, this weak force.
Damaged product: Interruptions can damage a partially complete product, causing the material to be re-run or scrapped.
Partially complete prints of the German and French versions served as the basis for this restoration.
The apartments that housed the athletes were made available only partially complete.
Roebuck had the dubious honour of being launched prematurely by an air raid at Scotts shipyard in Greenock, her partially complete hulk lying submerged in the dockyard for nine months before it was salvaged and completed.
The cerebellar vermix, the nerve tissue that connects the two halves of the cerebellum, may be partially complete or absent.
Three or four of us, in 1957, put forward a partially complete theory of one of these forces, this weak force.

Alternatives:

partly complete
partially finished
incomplete
unfinished
partially done

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