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Webster 1913 Edition
Chiefly
Chief′ly
,adv.
1.
In the first place; principally; preëminently; above; especially.
Search through this garden; leave unsearched no nook;
But
But
chiefly
where those two fair creatures lodge. Milton.
2.
For the most part; mostly.
Those parts of the kingdom where the . . . estates of the dissenters
chiefly
lay. Swift.
Webster 1828 Edition
Chiefly
CHIEFLY
, adv.1.
Principally; eminently; in the first place.It chiefly concerns us to obey the divine precepts.
2.
For the most part.In the parts of the kingdom where the estates of the dissenters chiefly lay.
Definition 2024
chiefly
chiefly
English
Adverb
chiefly (comparative more chiefly, superlative most chiefly)
- (focus) especially or primarily; above all
- (focus) mainly or principally; almost entirely
Translations
mainly
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Adjective
chiefly (comparative more chiefly, superlative most chiefly)
- of, or relating to a chief