primarily
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2.4
- adverb
- /praɪˈmɛrɪli/
- The report focuses primarily on economic development.
- focus primarily
- work primarily
- composed primarily
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Watch on YouTubeI couldn't do it primarily as a writer.
- I couldn't do it primarily as a writer.
- And he was succeeding in doing it primarily because it's true.
- But these are aesthetic rather than primarily moral emotions.
- And then they bring it in primarily through the southern border.
- So I always have looked at skin primarily as an inside out process.
- They use their nose primarily to travel through the forest.
- These problems need not be primarily seen through a racial lens.
- He adds as well that that genuine courage consists primarily in doing things.
- But I use this primarily on my thighs and hamstrings.
Examples
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They use their nose primarily to travel through the forest.
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So these are driven primarily by market mechanisms.
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So the work was primarily carried out by these two people.
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I think it's primarily a change in schools.
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In the United States, education is primarily a state and local responsibility.
Academic text (2011) -
There are three of us who primarily work on solar cells.
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Well, we're primarily involved with the study of Native American culture.
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A lot of those ads appeal primarily to kids.
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Thus, this review of evidence focuses primarily on the studies that specifically examine community college students.
Academic text (2011) -
They track you by sound, but primarily, by heat signature.
Synonyms
421
1.0
For the most part
247
3.2
It happens in most cases but not always
84
3.7
Mainly true in most cases
29
4.0
Mostly or for the most part
21
3.0
Mainly or for the most part
8
3.7
In most cases
1
6.7
For the most part
1
6.7
Most of all, more important than other things
Antonyms
How Mainly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Primarily comes from primary plus the adverb ending -ly, and primary comes from the old word primus meaning 'first'. So, primarily means 'mainly' or 'for the most part' because it points to what is first or most important.