chiefly

English

Etymology

chief +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈtʃiːf.li/ SAMPA: /"tSi:f.li:/

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Adverb

chiefly (comparative more chiefly, superlative most chiefly)

1. (focus) especially or primarily; above all
2. (focus) mainly or principally; almost entirely

Translations

mainly

Albanian: kryesisht (sq) Arabic: غالبًا (ğāliban) Armenian: գլխավորապես (hy) (glxavorapes), հատկապես (hy) (hatkapes) Bulgarian: главно (bg), предимно (bg) Chinese: 主要 (zhǔyào) Dutch: voornamelijk (nl) Esperanto: ĉefe (eo) Finnish: pääosin (fi), suurimmaksi osaksi (fi), pääasiassa (fi), etupäässä (fi), pääasiallisesti (fi), pitkälti (fi) French: surtout (fr) German: hauptsächlich (de) Hungarian: főleg (hu) Italian: principalmente (it)

Japanese: おもに (omoni) Korean: 주로 (juro) Norwegian: hovedsaklig (no), for det meste (no) Polish: głównie (pl) Portuguese: principalmente (pt), especialmente (pt) Romanian: mai ales (ro), mai cu seamă (ro), îndeosebi (ro), în principal (ro) Russian: главным образом (ru) (glávnym óbrazom) more literary and official, в основном (v osnovnóm) (mainly); особенно (ru) (osóbenno) (especially); первоочерёдно (ru) (pérvoočerjódno) rare, literary , в первую (ru) очередь (ru) (v pérvuju óčered’) (primarily, first and foremost) Spanish: principalmente (es) Swedish: huvudsakligen (sv) Ukrainian: в основному (uk) (v osnovnomu), головним чином (uk) (holovnym chynom), особливо (uk) (osoblyvo), в першу чергу (uk) (v pershu cherhu)

Adjective

chiefly (comparative more chiefly, superlative most chiefly)

1. of, or relating to a chief