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chiefly

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of chiefly

for the most part

our video collection consists chiefly of comedies, but we have a few horror movies

Synonyms of chiefly

altogether, basically, by and large, generally, largely, mainly, mostly, overall, predominantly, primarily, principally, substantially

Words Related to chiefly

about, more or less, most, much, near, nearly, next to, nigh, practically, some, virtually, well-nigh

approximately, broadly, plus or minus, roughly

commonly, frequently, generally, normally, ordinarily, typically, usually

incompletely, partially, partly, rather, somewhat

Phrases Synonymous with chiefly

in general, on the whole

Near Antonyms of chiefly

completely, entirely, fully, perfectly, thoroughly, totally, wholly

barely, hardly, just, marginally, minimally, scarcely

absolutely, categorically, unqualifiedly

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