From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpartlypart‧ly /ˈpɑːtli $ ˈpɑːr-/●くろまる●くろまる●くろまるS2W2 adverbPARTLYto some degree, but not completelyOPP whollyThe poor weather was partly responsible for the crash.The company’s problems are partly due to bad management.It is partly because of her sick mother that she hasn’t taken the job abroad.The group is funded partly by the government.Examples from the Corpuspartly• Drunk-driving convictions have increased, partly as a result of more effective policing.• This is partly because of the widespreadassumption that there would be essentialpolicycontinuity under a Goreadministration.• The accident happened partly because we were having an argument in the car.• The road was partlyblocked by a fallen tree.• The non-university institutions are however, formally sub-divided, by location and partly by type.• In fact, the intention of product redesign may be partly cost reduction and partly product differentiation.• The frequency of this planning activity will be partlydetermined by the rate of change in the educationalenvironment.• The architectural style of the region was derivedpartly from Kiev but was also influenced by Novgorod and by WesternByzantineculture.• The slowdown will result partly from sluggishness in nondurable sectors such as apparel and textiles.• He was educatedpartly in Glasgow and partly in London.• The growth of the welfare state after 1945 partlyreflecteddevelopmental social changes.• This is partlythanks to the free insurance provided by one of the World Cupsponsors and partly historicalperspective.• Federalbudget cuts are partly to blame for the rise in unemployment.• What he told us was only partly true.partly responsible• So inevitably, I feel at least partly responsible.• Consideration for his successor was partly responsible for his decision to resign short of the seven-year goal, he said.• The boss was at least partly responsible for the adolescentnature of his department.• The alternative - that these lower levels are partly responsible for the development of oesophagitis - is also possible.• Waiting for him-and partly responsible for the lights-was Lars Sjostrand, photographer for the Svenska Dagbladet.• Prevailing conditions in the organization and distribution of the popularpress were partly responsible for this.• I think the editors of Cinema Nuovo are partly responsible for what you call our uncertainty.