Principally

adv

adv ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a primary manner; pertaining to the principal of a matter. not-comparable

    "The game principally consists in taking and carrying off the ball from the opposite party, after being hurled into the air midway between two high pillars, which are the goasl, and the party who bears off the ball to their pillar, wins the game[…]"

Adverb
  1. 1
    for the most part wordnet

Synonyms

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chieflymainlyprimarilyab ovoabove allall things considered

Example

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"Jupiter is a planet principally composed of hydrogen and helium."

Etymology

From Middle English principaly. By surface analysis, principal + -ly.

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