Synonyms for primarily
praɪˈmɛər ə li, -ˈmɛr-, ˈpraɪ mɛr ə li, -mər ə-pri·mar·i·ly

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1. chiefly, principally, primarily, mainly, in the mainadverb

   for the most part

   "he is mainly interested in butterflies"

   Synonyms:
   generally, mainly, in general, in the main, chiefly, principally, in the first place

   Antonyms:
   secondarily

2. primarily, in the first placeadverb

   of primary import

   "this is primarily a question of economics"; "it was in the first place a local matter"

   Synonyms:
   in the beginning, originally, mainly, to begin with, in the main, earlier, chiefly, principally, in the first place

   Antonyms:
   secondarily

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1. List of paraphrases for "primarily":

   mainly, principally, essentially, mostly, predominantly, chiefly, largely, especially, basically, foremost, particularly, fundamentally, firstly, first, main, predominately, notably, principalement, principal

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1. Jeremiah Lane:

   For 40 years of KKR's history, we primarily have relied on institutional capital to grow our business, in the individual market, we see a market that is 1) bigger and 2) growing faster.

2. Brett McGurk:

   I have not seen a significant change in Iranian behavior ... They are primarily working to prop up the Assad regime.

3. Peter Cook:

   He does have a personal email account that he uses to correspond primarily with friends and family. Any email related to work received on this personal account, such as an invitation to speak at an event or an administrative issue, is copied or forwarded to his official account so it can be preserved as a federal record as appropriate, secretary Carter does not use his personal email or official email for classified material.

4. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov:

   We hope our Western partners won't stay away, and European countries, primarily France and Germany who are taking part in so called Normandy format, and mainly the U.S. won't do anything to create an illusion for Kiev's government that its actions lead to automatic support in the West.

5. Hassan Rouhani:

   Today the country is facing the biggest pressure and economic sanctions in the past 40 years, today our problems are primarily because of pressure from America and its followers. And the dutiful government and Islamic system should not be blamed.