Chiefly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  82 Moby Thesaurus words for "chiefly":
     a fortiori, ab initio, ab ovo, aborigine, above all, all in all,
     all the more, all things considered, almost entirely, altogether,
     approximately, as a rule, as a whole, as an approximation,
     as per usual, as things go, as usual, at first, at large,
     at the start, before everything, broadly, broadly speaking,
     by and large, commonly, customarily, dominantly, effectually,
     especially, essentially, even, ever so, first, first and foremost,
     first of all, first thing, firstly, from the beginning, generally,
     generally speaking, habitually, in chief, in general,
     in particular, in the beginning, in the main, indeed, initially,
     largely, mainly, more than ever, most often, mostly, naturally,
     never so, no end, normally, normatively, on balance, on the whole,
     ordinarily, originally, overall, particularly, peculiarly,
     predominantly, prescriptively, prevailingly, primarily, primo,
     principally, regularly, roughly, roughly speaking, routinely,
     speaking generally, still more, substantially, to be expected,
     usually, virtually, yea