'Chiefly' definitions:
Definition of 'chiefly'
From: WordNet
adverb
For the most part; "he is mainly interested in butterflies" [syn: chiefly, principally, primarily, mainly, in the main]
Definition of 'Chiefly'
From: GCIDE
- Chiefly \Chief"ly\, adv.
- 1. In the first place; principally; pre["e]minently; above; especially. [1913 Webster]
- Search through this garden; leave unsearched no nook; But chiefly where those two fair creatures lodge. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. For the most part; mostly. [1913 Webster]
- Those parts of the kingdom where the . . . estates of the dissenters chiefly lay. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'chiefly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a fortiori,
- ab initio,
- ab ovo,
- aborigine,
- above all,
- all in all,
- all the more,
- all things considered,
- almost entirely,
- altogether,
- approximately,
- as a rule,
- as a whole,
- as an approximation,
- as per usual,
- as things go,
- as usual,
- at first,
- at large,
- at the start,
- before everything,
- broadly,
- broadly speaking,
- by and large,
- commonly,
- customarily,
- dominantly,
- effectually,
- especially,
- essentially,
- even,
- ever so,
- first,
- first and foremost,
- first of all,
- first thing,
- firstly,
- from the beginning,
- generally,
- generally speaking,
- habitually,
- in chief,
- in general,
- in particular,
- in the beginning,
- in the main,
- indeed,
- initially,
- largely,
- mainly,
- more than ever,
- most often,
- mostly,
- naturally,
- never so,
- no end,
- normally,
- normatively,
- on balance,
- on the whole,
- ordinarily,
- originally,
- overall,
- particularly,
- peculiarly,
- predominantly,
- prescriptively,
- prevailingly,
- primarily,
- primo,
- principally,
- regularly,
- roughly,
- roughly speaking,
- routinely,
- speaking generally,
- still more,
- substantially,
- to be expected,
- usually,
- virtually,
- yea