partly
/ˈpɑɹtli/adverb
partly is spelled P-A-R-T-L-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 20 times per million words in written English, the 4,302nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, partly means “In part, or to some degree, but not completely” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in partly?
| Letters | 6: P-A-R-T-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 20 times per million words; the 4,302nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is partly?
Partly appears 20 times per million words in written English, the 4,302nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce partly?
- US /ˈpɑɹtli/
- UK /ˈpɑːtli/
Partly has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-partly.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with partly?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as partly from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹtli/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: paltry, raptly.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does partly mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In part, or to some degree, but not completely.
They had partly finished the house, so they could move in before winter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Partly in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in part:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | en partie |
| German | teilweise, zum Teil |
| Portuguese | em parte |
| Spanish | en parte, en cierto modo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does partly come from?
From part + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).