# partly

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈpɑɹtli/ · frequency rank #4,318

## Definitions
1. In part, or to some degree, but not completely.

## Etymology
From part + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **party** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/partly-vs-party)
- **parts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/partly-vs-parts)
- **Patty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/partly-vs-patty)
- **Patsy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/partly-vs-patsy)
- **pasty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/partly-vs-pasty)
- **Pauly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/partly-vs-pauly)
- **purely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/partly-vs-purely)
- **pastry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/partly-vs-pastry)
- **parton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/partly-vs-parton)
- **pearly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/partly-vs-pearly)
- **part** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/part-vs-partly)
- **parry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parry-vs-partly)
- **panty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/panty-vs-partly)
- **parti** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parti-vs-partly)
- **parody** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parody-vs-partly)
- **parole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parole-vs-partly)
- **parted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parted-vs-partly)
- **parity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parity-vs-partly)
- **pantry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pantry-vs-partly)
- **paltry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paltry-vs-partly)

## Common misspellings (10)
`aprtly`, `parlty`, `parrtly`, `partlly`, `partlyy`, `parttly`, `partyl`, `patrly`, `ppartly`, `pratly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/partly