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With art or skill. [Obs.]

In an overthwart manner;across; also, perversely. [Obs.] Peacham.

In part; in some measure of degree; not wholly. "I partly believe it." 1 Cor. xi. 18.

In a smart manner.

In a stalwart manner.

In a tart manner; with acidity.

Transversely; obliquely.

Sourly; tartly.

blesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles. With much ado, he partly kept awake. Dryden. Let's follow to see the end of this ado. Shak.

Partly one and partly the other; neither acid nor alkaline; neutral. [R.] Smart.

Anecdotes collectively; a collection of anecdotes. All history, therefore, being built partly, and some of it altogether, upon anecdotage, must be a tissue of lies. De Quincey.

at paved highway from ancient Rome trough Capua to Brundisium, now Brindisi, constructed partly by Appius Claudius, about 312 b. c.

A coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef, partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or depression; a lagoon island.

Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity. Partly owing to the studied austerity of her dress, and partly to the lack of demonstration in her manners. Hawthorne.

, common pilotage, and the like, which formerly were, and in some cases still are, borne partly by the ship and partly by the cargo. In the clause commonly found in bills of lading, "primage and average accustomed," average means a kind of composition established by usage for such charges, which were formerly assessed…

The forests or partly cleared grounds on the frontiers.

A kind of linen cloth made in Normandy, the thread of which is partly blanches before it is woven.

A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct. Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof. Palfrey.

heel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight.

d-headed cabbage. -- Brussels wire ground, a ground for lace, made of silk, with meshes partly straight and partly arched.