partly

adv
/ˈpɑɹtli/US/ˈpɑːtli/UK

Etymology

From part + -ly.

  1. derived from *par-
  2. derived from partem
  3. derived from part
  4. inherited from part
  5. inherited from part
  6. formed as partly — “part + -ly

Definitions

  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.
    • Five minutes into the game the Black Cats were facing a mountain, partly because of West Brom's newly-found ruthlessness in front of goal but also as a result of the home side's defensive generosity.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at partly. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at partly. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at partly

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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