Partly
Partly adverb - In some measure or degree.
Usage example: you're only partly right
Relatively is a synonym for partly in partially topic. In some cases you can use "Relatively" instead an adverb "Partly", when it comes to topics like to a certain degree, not completely.
Relatively
Relatively adverb - To some degree or extent.
Usage example: these newly acquired in-laws felt relatively comfortable at our family reunion
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All of this time had forced them to adapt to a partially terraformed Mars, making them much shorter, very wrinkly, and relatively longer-lived (though that one is partly because of their advanced chemistry and nanotechnology).
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This partly explains the relatively slow pace of the story − not that it moves slowly, but it's not nearly as hectic as these kinds of romcoms usually are.
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Jeff and Vinny get rather turned off by how upset all of the Social Link characters are, which is partly what draws them to Chie, since her Social Link is relatively lighthearted.
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