How to use "partly" in a sentence
Sentences
He avoided walking directly in front of the bench, partly from shyness, partly because he did not want to attract her father's attention
She had a hat pulled low over her face, so it was partly hidden, but Sala could just see her green eyes.
Somehow, even though her attention was partly on the mood of the crowd, partly on Helen and Charlie Mainway, Tina was nevertheless aware of Elliot Stryker's reaction to her
She saw a longing and a need in his dark eyes, a powerful wanting that was only partly sex, and she knew the same need to be loved and valued must be in her eyes for him to see.
Cautiously he leaned forward and peeked through a narrow gap in a partly closed venetian blind
'First because it was partly intended for you, and secondly because it will interest you
It's partly what makes her so attractive to everybody.'
One or two had been partly eaten by dogs.