principally
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4.0
- adverb
- /ˈprɪnsəpəli/
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principalmente
- He is principally known for his contributions to modern physics.
- principally concerned
- principally responsible
- comes principally
Those are the types of reports that we get principally from REM sleep.
- Those are the types of reports that we get principally from REM sleep.
- I think principally through this project, but also through other things.
- And as I've argued for a long time now, we, the West, are principally responsible for that, not Vladimir Putin.
- Those that communicate principally in writing, the meaning of the words are much more important to them.
- And in the past it's been principally the insurers and the insured to the extent that there's a co-pay.
- And I'm going to focus principally on South Africa as a remarkable transition with some comparisons to the Middle East and Northern Ireland.
- And red grouse, the species that we're talking about feed principally on Heather shoots.
- Stella was trained at the Group Theatre, principally by Lee Strasberg, who is its teacher and director.
- So it was, there's nothing inside of myself that was principally opposed to it in any way.
- And his point was that male mentality in terms of goal setting, also depression, but principally goal setting is done based on trying to do things.
- And the different polymers will have principally A polymeric component that has a carbon carbon chain sequenced along.
Examples
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The high completion rate was achieved principally by making a large number of callbacks.
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And I'm going to focus principally on South Africa as a remarkable transition with some comparisons to the Middle East and Northern Ireland.
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I think many of you probably recognize the room as one principally used by the Queen as part of of the state opening of Parliament.
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In its view, therefore, genuine development is neither merely nor even principally economic in nature.
Academic text (2008) -
Its efforts focus principally on education, networking, and marketing, rather than advocacy.
Academic text (2017) -
Many, if not most, ethnographic museums in Europe have collections that were principally acquired during the colonial period.
Academic text (2008) -
Now, third, we were clear at this NATO conference about the new threats that we face, principally Islamist extremism.
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This report is principally about the effects of climate change on agriculture.
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The new policy will principally benefit low-income families.
Synonyms
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2.4
For the most part
457
2.4
To be mostly about one main thing
261
3.2
It happens in most cases but not always
129
4.9
To a large degree
103
3.7
Mainly true in most cases
89
3.4
To say that something is true in most cases
22
3.0
Mainly or for the most part
9
3.7
In most cases
3
6.7
For the most part
Most of all, more important than other things
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word principally comes from the Latin root princip- meaning 'first' or 'chief', the same root in principal, the head of a school. So principally means 'mainly' or 'for the most part', because it points to the 'first' or most important thing.