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. Congressional Research Service:

   We are building a partnership for energy security with the Congressional Research Service analysts, which is primarily about more LNG gas supplies, we are talking to other gas suppliers, for example Norway, about increasing their supplies to Europe.

2. Tom Slater:

   Although global temperatures have risen by about 1.1 degrees in the past 150 years on average, different parts of the globe have warmed at different rates due to natural variations in the climate system such as cloud cover, land cover and atmospheric circulation patterns, earth's poles have warmed faster than anywhere else, primarily due to melting ice and snow. Although Antarctica has had a cold winter this year, over the past few decades the most northerly parts of Antarctica have warmed five times faster than the global average -- that's faster than anywhere else in the Southern Hemisphere.

3. Patrick Mullin:

   We vehemently dispute the notion that the coating powder sold by my client can be used for either missile production or nuclear application, it is rather used primarily for industrial purposes.

4. Bill Brill:

   If the trust is bringing financial people on board, I would expect that they would look at it primarily from a financial standpoint. And that is to say if [ a deal ] makes good financial sense, let's at least pursue a very good offer.

5. Stephen Breyer:

   Primarily, of course, health, second, Supreme Court.