chiefly
adverb/ˈtʃiːfli/
/ˈtʃiːfli/
- not completely, but as a most important part synonym primarily, mainly
- We are chiefly concerned with improving educational standards.
- He's travelled widely, chiefly in Africa and Asia.
Extra Examples- It is for his goalscoring exploits that fans chiefly remember him.
- Most American firms borrowed chiefly from banks.
- The dollar finished the day lower, chiefly because of expectations of a cut in US interest rates.
- The following chapter is chiefly concerned with answering these questions.
- The scientists cannot be held solely or even chiefly to blame.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryChiefly is used with these adjectives:- composed
- concerned
- interested
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