Partially
Partially adverb - In some measure or degree.
Very much
Very much adverb - To a very great degree or extent.
Both terms in one sentence
- Partially subverted with Nova Roma: While it's very much a superpower, it suffered great loss along the way and no longer controls any of the territory of the former Roman Empire.
- In Foxcatcher, the relationship between the Schultz brothers is partially shown this way, at least at the beginning, with Mark very much worried about being in Dave's shadow.
Source: Always Someone Better -
It was partially a covert operation to smoke out The Mole in Rogue Squadron, which Tycho is suspected by some of being, and charges are summarily dropped when Corran turns up in the courtroom very much alive and identifies the real mole.
Source: Court-Martialed
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