chiefly
Use Chiefly in a sentence
li adverb
1.
primarily; essentially: He phoned chiefly to let us know he was feeling better.
2.
mainly; mostly: This dish consists chiefly of noodles.
adjective
3.
of, pertaining to, or like a chief: his chiefly responsibilities.
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| —adv | |
| 1. | especially or essentially; above all |
| 2. | in general; mainly; mostly |
| —adj | |
| 3. | of or relating to a chief or chieftain |
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Chiefly
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
chiefly
"pre-eminently," mid-14c., from chief (q.v.). Meaning "pertaining to a chief" is from 1870.
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Example sentences
Until now the euro crisis has chiefly been about pressure from the markets.
But it has been more difficult to demonstrate other suspected connections, chiefly that of noise-related stress to heart disease.
The fibers are aggregated into bundles, which are arranged chiefly in a longitudinal direction.
But chiefly the sea-shore has been the point of departure to knowledge, as to commerce.
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