as in mainly
for the most part
our video collection consists chiefly of comedies, but we have a few horror movies
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Recent Examples of chiefly
The Iranian contribution was leveraging the R&D from elsewhere in Iran’s area of operations—chiefly Lebanon—and multiplying the Iraqis’ lethality.
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
For a generation of fans, Chance is chiefly known as a wife guy who made a whole album about being a wife guy.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
High Blood Pressure Salt is chiefly made up of the minerals sodium and chloride.
—Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 19 Aug. 2025
Former Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said in 2022 the agency expected to purchase chiefly zero-emissions delivery vehicles by 2026.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
For a generation of fans, Chance is chiefly known as a wife guy who made a whole album about being a wife guy.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
High Blood Pressure Salt is chiefly made up of the minerals sodium and chloride.
—Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 19 Aug. 2025
Former Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said in 2022 the agency expected to purchase chiefly zero-emissions delivery vehicles by 2026.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chiefly
Adverb
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In November and December, the above normal fire risk is mainly confined to southern California.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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People mainly wanna talk to me about that.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Kiko mostly bypassed the Hawaiian islands with its fiercest winds, as so many storms have before, and will instead fade off into the Pacific Ocean over the vast western end of the island chain that remains a mystery to many.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The upside, however, to sitting through this questionable season of what has been a mostly dreamy series?—
Vogue,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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But 10 days into our Patagonian adventure, a little water—okay, a lot of water—wasn’t enough to deter us from heading out on a Zodiac tour around the Tucker Islets, a small cluster of islands and outcrops in the Strait of Magellan inhabited primarily by Magellanic penguins.—
Stefanie Waldek,
AFAR Media,
12 Sep. 2025
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Much of the world's launch capacity today is used to deploy smaller communications satellites into low-Earth orbit, primarily for broadband connectivity rather than for the video broadcast market once dominated by higher-altitude geosynchronous satellites.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The talk show host had not revealed his children's names and has largely kept their faces off of social media.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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And largely that is replaced with people on devices or on video games.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The evolving advances and widespread adoption of generative AI have principally spurred this rising use of AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Jhonatan’s story echoes that of many Colombian fighters, driven by a sense of duty, but shaped principally by economic insecurity that makes enlisting abroad a more viable and lucrative option.—
Rebecca Johns,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Also included are funds for predominantly Black institutions and Native American-serving institutions, which are colleges that educate a large share of Black or Native students, but are not designated by the government as historically Black colleges or universities (HBCUs) or tribal colleges.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Charitable care systems began when hospitals were led by nuns who predominantly cared for the sick and poor.—
Megan Garnai,
IndyStar,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Chiefly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chiefly. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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