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Meanings of partly true in English

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Usage of partly true in English
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The fact is partly true, but I doubt not so the cause.
A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World Volume 2
2
And he could not fight this, just because it was partly true.
The Rosary
3
Few of their statements are even partly true, and all are misleading.
The Yosemite
4
This was partly true, yet these factors hardly accounted for the dire outcome.
The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
5
That's surely partly true, but not necessarily an argument against action.
Reuters
6
That was only partly true-butRatboy and Teesha didn't need to know that.
Dhampir
7
He said that he had already eaten, which was partly true.
The girl with the dragon tattoo
8
Describing Tulsa Roughnecks FC as brand new is only partly true.
The Guardian
9
This is partly true, but it is not the whole story.
The Guardian
10
The theory in the memos is partly true and partly false.
The illuminatus! trilogy
11
For that reason, I was right in saying that it is partly true.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
12
She begged off from dancing, pleading exhaustion, which was partly true.
Real life & liars
13
What you say is partly true, and partly not quite true.
Orley Farm
14
No, Sir Frank, I believe that his theory is partly true.
The Green Mummy
15
This of course was partly true, especially as Ireland rattled up 17 quickfire points.
The Irish Times
16
Nevertheless, his response is partly true, though not quite in the way he intended.
The Guardian
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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