Chiefly Definition

chēflē
adverb
Most of all; above all.
Webster's New World
Above all; especially.
An actor who is famous chiefly for her first two movies.
American Heritage
Mainly; mostly.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Of or like a chief.
A chiefly rank.
Webster's New World

Origin of Chiefly

  • chief +‎ -ly

    From Wiktionary

Chiefly Sentence Examples

  • Moscow is chiefly busy with gossip, he continued.

  • The foreign trade is not large, and consists chiefly in the exportation of pineapples and other fruit.

  • But the talk in every group was chiefly about the Emperor Alexander.

  • He served in the New York legislature (1759-1760), but his political influence was long exerted chiefly through pamphlets and newspaper articles.

  • In Jefferson county there were in 1900 more than 300 mining and manufacturing establishments, engaged, chiefly, in the production of iron, coal and coke, and a majority of these are in Birmingham and its suburban towns.

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Words Starting With

CCHCHI

Words Ending With

YLYFLY

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Words Starting With C and Ending With Y

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