Scientists deal mainly with physical matters.
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Mainly
Synonyms for "mainly" (135 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Adverb(4 words)
a fortioriab initioab ovoaborigineaboveabove allall in allall the moreall things consideredalmost entirelyaltogetherapproximatelyas a ruleas a wholeas an approximationas per usualas things goas usualat bottomat first
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at largeat the startbefore everything
Strong matches (41)
broadlybroadly speakingby and largechieflycommonlycustomarilydominantlyeffectivelyeffectuallyespeciallyessentiallyevenever sofirstfirst and foremostfirst of allfirst thingfirstlyfor all practical purposesfor the most part
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from the beginninggenerallygenerally speakinghabituallyin chiefin generalin the beginningin the long runin the mainindeedinitiallylarge
Adverb(7 words)
Adjective(2 words)
foremosthighest animal label
Related words (67)
largelymainmore than evermost oftenmostlynaturallynearlynever sono endnormallynormativelyon balanceon the wholeordinarilyoriginallyoverallpartparticularlypeculiarlypredominantly
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prescriptivelyprevailinglyprimarilyprimoprincipallyregularlyroughlyroughly speakingroutinelyrulespeaking generallystill moresubstantiallyto be expectedusuallyvirtuallyyea
Noun(13 words)
matter mostmattered mostmost animal kingdommost chemistry homeworkmost community-servicemost conserved regionmost determiningmost french itemsmost massive galaxymost model organismsmost state-levelmost substantiallymost written language development
Determiner(13 words)
most animal tissuemost combined energymost copyingmost criminal-codemost curriculum areamost first-languagemost key-pointmost loanwordmost marine invertebratemost number sensemost water-systemmost written lawmost written-language
Adverb(2 words)
most important factorpredominantly
Adverb(2 words)
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Sample sentences
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Fork-users are mainly in Europe, North America, and Latin America; chopstick-users in eastern Asia and finger-users in Africa, the Middle East, Indonesia, and India.
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Most college students use computers mainly for writing papers.
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The party is mainly made up of working women.
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