primarily
adverb
pri·mar·i·ly
prī-ˈmer-ə-lē 
also prə-,
chiefly British ˈprī-mə-rə-lē
1
: for the most part : chiefly
has now become primarily a residential town—
S. P. B. Mais
S. P. B. Mais2
: in the first place : originally
Examples of primarily in a Sentence
the university was primarily an agricultural college when it was founded over two centuries ago
ketchup is primarily made from tomatoes
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Shawn Tully, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Although a text-to-image generation tool primarily, users have been using it to edit photos, create figurines, and recreate old photographs.
—Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
For a start, everything felt much more enclosed, thanks primarily to the fibre-glass panels installed as the inner section of the roof at the same time as both ends were covered in 1963, giving a greenhouse-like feel.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
For season 2, the series primarily filmed in and around North Texas, including in Fort Worth, Weatherford, Strawn, Stephenville and Glen Rose.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2025
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primarily
adverb
pri·mar·i·ly
prī-ˈmer-ə-lē
1
: for the most part : chiefly
2
: in the first place : originally
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