Antonyms for chiefly
ˈtʃif lichief·ly

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

   for the most part

   "he is mainly interested in butterflies"

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

How to use chiefly in a sentence?

1. Arnold Bennett:

   Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels that in some paramount affairs he failed to take up the challenge of life.

2. William E. Channing:

   It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are in the reach of all. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours.

3. Henry David Thoreau, "Resistance to Civil Government":

   I came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to live in, but to live in it, be it good or bad.

4. Henry Fielding:

   It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.

5. Zelda Fitzgerald, 1922:

   [S]he refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn't boring.

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