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Webster 1913 Edition

Mainly

Main′ly

,

adv.

[From

main

strong. See

strength.]

Very strongly; mightily; to a great degree.

[Obs.]

Bacon. Shak.

Main′ly

,

adv.

[From

main

principal, chief.]

Principally; chiefly.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mainly

MA'INLY

,

adv.

Chiefly; principally.

He is mainly occupied with domestic concerns.

1.

Greatly; to a great degree; mightily.