'Primarily' definitions:

Definition of 'primarily'

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