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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (2)

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

2. of primary import;
- Example: "this is primarily a question of economics"
- Example: "it was in the first place a local matter"
[syn: primarily, in the first place]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Primarily \Pri"ma*ri*ly\, adv.
   In a primary manner; in the first place; in the first place;
   in the first intention; originally.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

primarily
    adv 1: for the most part; "he is mainly interested in
           butterflies" [syn: chiefly, principally, primarily,
           mainly, in the main]
    2: of primary import; "this is primarily a question of
       economics"; "it was in the first place a local matter" [syn:
       primarily, in the first place] [ant: secondarily]