1
obsolete
: in a forceful manner
2
: for the most part : chiefly
Examples of mainly in a Sentence
you mainly need to focus on improving your golf swing
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The group, mainly millennials and young Gen Xers, grew up in the internet era and recognize how technology can switch up the status quo.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025
Then imagine a Congress seated in January 2027 with even more lawmakers guaranteed reelection and concerned mainly with appeasing their party’s activist base.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025
But even still, the doctors are grappling with the impacts of the conflict, mainly through power outages that leave their hospital in darkness.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Nov. 2025
Its ingredients are mainly organic, local and fair-trade.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025
Then imagine a Congress seated in January 2027 with even more lawmakers guaranteed reelection and concerned mainly with appeasing their party’s activist base.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025
But even still, the doctors are grappling with the impacts of the conflict, mainly through power outages that leave their hospital in darkness.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Nov. 2025
Its ingredients are mainly organic, local and fair-trade.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Mainly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mainly. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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