| Library / English Dictionary |
CHIEFLY
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
For the most part
Example:
he is mainly interested in butterflies
Synonyms:
chiefly; in the main; mainly; primarily; principally
Classified under:
Pertainym:
chief (most important element)
Context examples:
To Anne, it chiefly wore the prospect of an hour of agitation.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Old Lord Ingram's estates were chiefly entailed, and the eldest son came in for everything almost.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
A disease occurring chiefly in the connective-tissue framework of an organ.
(Interstitial Disease, NCI Thesaurus)
They are composed chiefly of actin.
(Actin Filament, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
I will revenge my injuries; if I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear, and chiefly towards you my arch-enemy, because my creator, do I swear inextinguishable hatred.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
As for the gentleman himself, his feelings were chiefly expressed, not by embarrassment or dejection, or by trying to avoid her, but by stiffness of manner and resentful silence.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
They walked along the road through the valley, and chiefly in silence, for Marianne's MIND could not be controlled, and Elinor, satisfied with gaining one point, would not then attempt more.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
The monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud.
(Judaism, NCI Thesaurus)
The eruptions are usually generalized, affecting chiefly the trunk, and the course is often self-limiting.
(Pityriasis Rosea, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A hair-containing cyst or sinus, occurring chiefly in the coccygeal region.
(Pilonidal Cyst, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
