Chiefly

Synonyms for "chiefly" (102 found)

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Closest matches (21)

Adverb(1 words)
above all

Strong matches (30)

Related words (51)

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derived

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has context

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related to

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Translations

61 translations across 29 languages.

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Albanian

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  • kryesisht adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)

Ancient Greek

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  • μάλιστα adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)
  • ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πολύ adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)

Arabic

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  • غَالِبًا adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)

Armenian

2 entries
  • գլխավորապես adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)
  • հատկապես adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)

Bulgarian

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  • главно adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)
  • предимно adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)

Catalan

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  • principalment adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 主要地 adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)

Czech

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  • hlavně adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)

Dutch

1 entries
  • voornamelijk adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)

Esperanto

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  • ĉefe adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)

Finnish

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  • eritoten adv (especially or primarily; above all)
  • etupäässä adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)
  • pitkälti adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)
  • pääasiallisesti adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)

French

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  • surtout adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)

German

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  • hauptsächlich adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)

Greek

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  • κυρίως adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)

Hungarian

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  • főként adv (especially or primarily; above all)
  • főképp adv (especially or primarily; above all)
  • főképpen adv (especially or primarily; above all)
  • főleg adv (especially or primarily; above all)

Italian

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  • principalmente adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)

Japanese

2 entries
  • おもに adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)
  • 主に adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)

Korean

1 entries
  • 주로 adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • for det meste adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)
  • hovedsakelig adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)
  • primært adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)

Occitan

1 entries
  • principalament adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)

Plautdietsch

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  • hauptsechlich adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)

Polish

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  • głównie adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)
  • przede wszystkim adv (especially or primarily; above all)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • especialmente adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)
  • principalmente adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)

Romanian

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  • mai ales adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)
  • mai cu seamă adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)
  • în principal adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)
  • îndeosebi adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)

Russian

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  • literary adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)
  • в основно́м adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)
  • в пе́рвую о́чередь adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)
  • осо́бенно adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)

Spanish

2 entries
  • mayormente adv (especially or primarily; above all)
  • máxime adv (especially or primarily; above all)

Swedish

3 entries
  • företrädesvis adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)
  • huvudsakligen adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)
  • i synnerhet adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • в основно́му adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)
  • в пе́ршу чергу́ adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)
  • головни́м чи́ном adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)
  • особли́во adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • דער עיקר adv (mainly or principally, almost entirely)

Sample sentences

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Chiefly, I want you to be more frank.

Source: tatoeba (24785)

The accident was caused chiefly by the unpredictable weather.

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The committee is composed chiefly of professors.

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This book is chiefly concerned with the effects of secondhand smoking.

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