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Chiefly Meaning & Definition
Chiefly Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Chiefly?

[adv] for the most part; "he is mainly interested in butterflies"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Chiefly: in the main | mainly | primarily | principally

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Chiefly In Webster's Dictionary

\Chief"ly\, adv. 1. In the first place; principally; pre["e]minently; above; especially. Search through this garden; leave unsearched no nook; But chiefly where those two fair creatures lodge. --Milton. 2. For the most part; mostly. Those parts of the kingdom where the . . . estates of the dissenters chiefly lay. --Swift.

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