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Definition of Chiefly
1. Adverb. For the most part. "He is mainly interested in butterflies"
Definition of Chiefly
1. adv. In the first place; principally; preëminently; above; especially.
Definition of Chiefly
1. Adverb. (context: focus) especially or primarily; above all ¹
2. Adverb. (context: focus) mainly or principally; almost entirely ¹
3. Adjective. of, or relating to a chief ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chiefly
1. above all [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chiefly
Literary usage of Chiefly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"About 1663 he obtained a grant of 800000/., which was chiefly spent in naval st
ores {Life, i.399). ..."
2. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"... but Emma's feelings were chiefly with Jane in the argument; and on leaving
Randalls, and falling naturally into a comparison of the two men, she felt, ..."
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