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Definition of Mainly
1. Adverb. For the most part. "He is mainly interested in butterflies"
Definition of Mainly
1. adv. Very strongly; mightily; to a great degree.
2. adv. Principally; chiefly.
Definition of Mainly
1. Adverb. (obsolete) Forcefully, vigorously. (defdate 14th-17th c.) ¹
2. Adverb. (obsolete) Of the production of a sound: loudly, powerfully. (defdate 14th-19th c.) ¹
3. Adverb. (obsolete) To a great degree; very much. (defdate 15th-19th c.) ¹
4. Adverb. Chiefly; for the most part. (defdate from 17th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mainly
1. for the most part [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mainly
Literary usage of Mainly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"(2 in 100 000), lies mainly in the impossibility of obtaining by linear measurements
the true volume of the cylinder. Although the liter was originally ..."
2. The Sun by Charles Augustus Young (1895)
"Proof that the Corona is mainly a Solar Phenomenon.— Brightness of the
Corona.—Connection with Sun-Spot Period.—Spectrum of the Corona. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"... having an average thickness of feet, and covered by about 90 feet of soft
rock (mainly gray limestone) and 375 feet of clay, sand and gravel. ..."
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