'Primarily' definitions:
Definition of 'primarily'
(from WordNet)
adverb
For the most part; "he is mainly interested in butterflies" [syn: chiefly, principally, primarily, mainly, in the main]
adverb
Of primary import; "this is primarily a question of economics"; "it was in the first place a local matter" [syn: primarily, in the first place] [ant: secondarily]
Definition of 'Primarily'
From: GCIDE
- Primarily \Pri"ma*ri*ly\, adv. In a primary manner; in the first place; in the first place; in the first intention; originally. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'primarily'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a fortiori,
- ab initio,
- ab ovo,
- aborigine,
- above all,
- all the more,
- at bottom,
- at first,
- at heart,
- at the core,
- at the start,
- au fond,
- basically,
- before everything,
- chiefly,
- dominantly,
- especially,
- essentially,
- even,
- ever so,
- first,
- first and foremost,
- first of all,
- first thing,
- firstly,
- from the beginning,
- fundamentally,
- generally,
- in chief,
- in essence,
- in itself,
- in substance,
- in the beginning,
- in the main,
- indeed,
- initially,
- largely,
- mainly,
- materially,
- more than ever,
- mostly,
- never so,
- no end,
- on the whole,
- originally,
- overall,
- particularly,
- peculiarly,
- per se,
- predominantly,
- primitively,
- primo,
- principally,
- still more,
- substantially,
- yea