Thesaurus: chiefly
In the first place; principally; preeminently; above; especially.
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Definitions
- adv. In the first place; principally; preeminently; above; especially.
- adv. For the most part; mostly.
- adv. for the most part
- 1. In the first place; principally; preëminently; above; especially. Search through this garden; leave unsearched no nook; But chiefly where those two fair creatures lodge. Milton. 2. For the most part; mostly. Those parts of the kingdom where the . . . estates of the dissenters chiefly lay. Swift.
- r:100 r. for the most part