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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Frequent collaborator Amir Etminan edited the thriller, which was shot without permits, and mainly on the streets of Tehran.
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Hugh Hart, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
Yogi isn’t designed mainly performance and functionality in mind – like Tesla’s factory humanoid robot, Optimus.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
This type of memory is mainly done through their noses.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Last season, the German used Garcia as a valuable rotational player, mainly as a backup holding midfielder.
—Pol Ballús, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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Hugh Hart, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
Yogi isn’t designed mainly performance and functionality in mind – like Tesla’s factory humanoid robot, Optimus.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
This type of memory is mainly done through their noses.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Last season, the German used Garcia as a valuable rotational player, mainly as a backup holding midfielder.
—Pol Ballús, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Mainly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mainly. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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