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chiefly

  • adverb
  • /ˈtʃiːf.li/

Especially or primarily; above all.

Example

“Their relationship is chiefly professional.”

Other meanings

  1. Mainly or principally; almost entirely.

Word history

From Middle English "chefly".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “chiefly” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.