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generally, for the most part
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emphasis, for the most part
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- chiefly
- primarily
- principally
- above all
- essentially
- first and foremost
- generally
- in general
- in the main
- largely
- most of all
- mostly
- on the whole
- overall
- predominantly
- substantially
- to the greatest extent
- usually
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SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO MAINLY
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- in the first place
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- comprehensively
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Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
above all, chiefly, first and foremost, for the most part, generally, in general, in the main, largely, mostly, most of all, on the whole, overall, predominantly, primarily, principally, substantially, to the greatest extent, usually
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus 
mainly
1 adv You use mainly when mentioning the main reason or thing involved in something.
ADV with cl/group, ADV with v
(=primarily)
The stockmarket scandal is refusing to go away, mainly because there’s still no consensus over how it should be dealt with…, The birds live mainly on nectar.
2 adv You use mainly when you are referring to a group and stating something that is true of most of it.
ADV with group
(=mostly)
The African half of the audience was mainly from Senegal or Mali…, The spacious main bedroom is mainly blue.
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essentially, largely, mostly, overall, predominantly, en.synonym.one, primarily, principally, chiefly, essentially, in particular, largely, mostly, en.synonym.one, overall, particularly, predominantly, primarily, principally, specifically, in the main, majorly.
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chiefly, principally, primarily, mainly, in the mainadverb
for the most part
«he is mainly interested in butterflies»
Synonyms:
primarily, generally, in general, in the main, chiefly, principally, in the first place
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List of paraphrases for «mainly»:
primarily, principally, mostly, essentially, predominantly, chiefly, largely, especially, basically, main, particularly, major, fundamentally, principal, foremost, notably, predominately
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How to use mainly in a sentence?
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Jit Yang Lim:
For next year, we expect demand to pick up strongly mainly because prices have been quite low, we expect prices to remain low next year with Brent to stay at about $70 a barrel, which means demand may pick up more strongly compared with last few years when Brent was hovering at about $110 per barrel on average.
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Zand Bakhtiari:
I mainly texted my loved ones, and a couple of minutes after that I just heard rapid gunfire.
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Gary Miliefsky:
Currently, WikiLeaks is hosted mainly by the Swedish internet service provider Bahnhof in the Pionen facility, a former nuclear bunker in Sweden, other servers are spread around the world with the main server located in Sweden.
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Billie Eilish:
I was really, really glad though, mainly, that I’m in this place in my life, because if that had happened three years ago, when I was in the midst of my horrible body relationship—or dancing a ton, five years ago, I wasn’t really eating.
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Bill Laimbeer:
We were supposed to be their enemies and we mainly just hissed on the show. It was a lot of fun. it was easy money. People on TV only work 20 minutes out of a whole day.
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- غالبًاArabic
- галоўным чынамBelarusian
- principalmentCatalan, Valencian
- hauptsächlichGerman
- κυρίωςGreek
- ĉefe, precipeEsperanto
- principalmenteSpanish
- pääasiassa, pitkälti, pääasiallisesti, enimmäkseen, pääosin, suurimmaksi osaksi, lähinnä, etupäässäFinnish
- surtout, principalementFrench
- főlegHungarian
- principalmenteItalian
- おも, 主Japanese
- 주로Korean
- voornamelijkDutch
- główniePolish
- principalmentePortuguese
- îndeosebi, mai ales, mai cu seamăRomanian
- главным образом, в основномRussian
- huvudsakligenSwedish
- головним чиномUkrainian
- ledinoVolapük
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