1.
[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.
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Search through this garden; leave unsearched no
nook;
But chiefly where those two fair creatures lodge.
--Milton.
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2. For the most part; mostly.
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Those parts of the kingdom where the . . . estates
of the dissenters chiefly lay. --Swift.
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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]