English
Etymology
From Middle English chefly chief -ly
Pronunciation
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Adverb
chiefly (comparative more chiefly , superlative most chiefly )
( focus ) Especially or primarily ; above all .( focus ) Mainly or principally ; almost entirely .
Synonyms
Translations
especially or primarily; above all
mainly or principally, almost entirely
Albanian: kryesisht (sq)
Arabic: غَالِبًا ( ḡāliban )
Armenian: գլխավորապես (hy) ( glxavorapes ) , հատկապես (hy) ( hatkapes )
Bulgarian: главно (bg) ( glavno ) , предимно (bg) ( predimno )
Catalan: principalment (ca)
Chinese: 主要 (zhǔyào)
Czech: hlavně (cs)
Dutch: voornamelijk (nl)
Esperanto: ĉefe (eo)
Finnish: pääosin suurimmaksi osaksi pääasiassa (fi) , etupäässä pääasiallisesti (fi) , pitkälti
French: surtout (fr)
German: hauptsächlich (de)
Greek: κυρίως (el) ( kyríos )
Hungarian: nagyrészt (hu) , jórészt
Italian: principalmente (it)
Japanese: 主に (ja) ( おもに, omo ni )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Korean: 주로 (ko) ( juro )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hovedsakelig (no) , primært for det meste
Occitan: principalament
Polish: głównie (pl)
Portuguese: principalmente (pt) , especialmente (pt)
Romanian: mai ales mai cu seamă îndeosebi (ro) , în principal
Russian: гла́вным о́бразом (ru) ( glávnym óbrazom ) more literary and official , в основно́м ( v osnovnóm ) (mainly); осо́бенно (ru) ( osóbenno ) (especially); пе́рвоочерёдно (ru) ( pérvoočerjodno ) rare, literary , в пе́рвую о́чередь ( v pérvuju óčeredʹ ) (primarily, first and foremost)
Spanish: principalmente (es)
Swedish: huvudsakligen (sv) , företrädesvis (sv) , i synnerhet (sv)
Ukrainian: в основному (uk) ( v osnovnomu ) , головним чином (uk) ( holovnym čynom ) , особливо ( osoblyvo ) , в першу чергу ( v peršu čerhu )
Yiddish: דער עיקר ( der iker )
Adjective
chiefly (comparative chieflier superlative chiefliest
of or relating to a chief