chiefly Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adverb for the most part
principally; in the main; mainly; primarily.
- he is mainly interested in butterflies
WordNet
Chief"ly adverb
Definitions
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In the first place; principally; preëminently; above; especially. Search through this garden; leave unsearched no nook; But chiefly where those two fair creatures lodge. Milton.
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For the most part; mostly. Those parts of the kingdom where the . . . estates of the dissenters chiefly lay. Swift.
