Lexic.us

Definition of In the main

1. Adverb. For the most part. "He is mainly interested in butterflies"

2. Adverb. Without distinction of one from others. "He is interested in snakes in general"

Lexicographical Neighbors of In The Main

in the here and now in the hopper in the hospital in the hot seat in the know in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king in the last analysis in the lead in the least in the light of

in the limelight in the long run in the long term in the loop in the lurch in the main (current term) in the making in the mean time in the meantime in the middle

in the midst in the mind in the money in the name of in the nick of time in the north in the nuddy in the nude in the offing

Literary usage of In the main

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"... of error in the main bill of exceptions. Judgment reversed on the main bill of exceptions, and affirmed on the cross-bill. All the Justices concur. ..."

2. Annual Report by New Jersey Civil Service Commission (1908)
"The only timber trestle remaining in the main track is one of 13 spans at Penn Yan: it ¡я of standard construction and in good condition throughout. ..."

3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"So far this doctrine of satisfaction follows in the main the type represented by Abelard. How Scotus conceived the objective side of the Atonement is seen ..."

4. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York public library (1921)
"The daily average for the first thirteen days of November 1 The figures in this article refer only to books issued on written call slips, in the Main ..."

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