1
obsolete
: in a forceful manner
2
: for the most part : chiefly
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Examples of mainly in a Sentence
you mainly need to focus on improving your golf swing
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Instead, Kohler attributed that drop to the end of some pandemic-era aid, mainly from the federal government, which had paid for hotel rooms.
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Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2024
Showers and thunderstorms may continue tonight, mainly before 11 p.m., and temperatures are expected to dip to 39 degrees.
—Julianna O'Clair, The Denver Post, 21 May 2024
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Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2024
Showers and thunderstorms may continue tonight, mainly before 11 p.m., and temperatures are expected to dip to 39 degrees.
—Julianna O'Clair, The Denver Post, 21 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for mainly
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“Mainly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mainly. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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