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in the main
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Princeton's WordNet
chiefly, principally, primarily, mainly, in the mainadverb
for the most part
"he is mainly interested in butterflies"
Synonyms:
primarily, generally, mainly, in general, chiefly, principally, in the first placegenerally, in general, in the mainadverb
without distinction of one from others
"he is interested in snakes in general"
Synonyms:
primarily, loosely, by and large, broadly speaking, more often than not, generally, in general, mainly, broadly, chiefly, principally, mostly
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2006 | generally | |
#2913 | mostly | |
#3985 | primarily | |
#4284 | mainly | |
#13980 | broadly | |
#18393 | principally | |
#18971 | loosely | |
#22734 | chiefly |
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The main message is that these changes are happening so fast.
Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa:
Not only is it the first time in a long time that we present a long movie, it is also a film adaptation to one of the main works of our literature and our contemporary writers.
The lack of a direct line of control from Geneva to what was happening at country level was probably one of the main reasons for why they were so slow.
The main thing is the current combat helmets are ... not optimized for blunt impact protection and that’s what football helmets are designed to do, protect against blunt impact, and so what we’re doing rather than working to replace the shell of the combat helmet, which is good at ballistic protection, we’re actually replacing the inner padding, which is currently just foam.
The issue of skilled and available manpower is the main barrier to growth and competitiveness in the field of high tech.
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