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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. for the most part;
- Example: "he is mainly interested in butterflies"
[syn: chiefly, principally, primarily, mainly, in the main]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Chiefly \Chief"ly\, adv. 1. In the first place; principally; pre["e]minently; above; especially. [1913 Webster] Search through this garden; leave unsearched no nook; But chiefly where those two fair creatures lodge. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. For the most part; mostly. [1913 Webster] Those parts of the kingdom where the . . . estates of the dissenters chiefly lay. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

chiefly adv 1: for the most part; "he is mainly interested in butterflies" [syn: chiefly, principally, primarily, mainly, in the main]