This is principally because the major export markets are slowing.
The excellence of Finnish education is due, principally, to the high quality ofthe staff.
Synonyms: mainly, largely, chiefly, especially More Synonyms of principally
principally in British English
(ˈprɪnsɪpəlɪ)
adverb
mainly or most importantly
Examples of 'principally' in a sentence
principally
Property now is principally an asset of the old.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Yet our universities are principally responsible for this.
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Its services are used principally by multinational companies that need to buy or sell fuels.
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The warm weather test for cold weather payments seems principally designed to lure the other parties to go further.
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It was a highly political speech, designed principally to rally the troops.
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Rather, his concern is principally with the transformation of work since the beginning of monopoly capitalism.
Sanderson, Stephen K. Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Societies (1995)
As it principally concerns yourself, you ought to know its contents.
Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice (1813)
This was used principally to pay shareholders earlier, greatly increasing the return on their investment.
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I was principally responsible for those studies.
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Rather than being seen as a racy investment, they are principally used as a means of providing income.
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The first concerned the fixing of a legal verdict on those deemed principally responsible for the Cultural Revolution.
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This implicit knowledge is know-how: it consists principally in knowing how to apply the relevant concepts to particular situations.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
It's designed to be used principally on the lids, as a way of brightening and opening up the eye.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He added: 'If the police are neglecting these crimes which are at the very high end of serious then the leadership is principally responsible.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It is not principally concerned with the supply side and does not focus on the literature on planning, architecture, the building industry or the environment.
Forrest, Ray & Murie, Alan & Williams, Peter Home-ownership - differentiation and fragmentation (1990)
In other languages
principally
British English: principally ADVERB
Principally means more than anything else.
This is principally because the major export markets are slowing.
American English: principally
Brazilian Portuguese: principalmente
Chinese: 最主要地
European Spanish: principalmente
French: principalement
German: vornehmlich
Italian: principalmente
Japanese: 主に
Korean: 무엇보다도
European Portuguese: principalmente
Latin American Spanish: principalmente
Chinese translation of 'principally'
principally
(ˈprɪnsɪplɪ)
adv
主要地 (zhǔyào de)
(adverb)
This is principally because the major export markets are slowing.
Synonyms
mainly
The birds live mainly on nectar.
largely
I largely work with people who are already motivated.
chiefly
a committee composed of leaders of the rival factions
especially
The group is said to be gaining support, especially in the rural areas.
particularly
mostly
I am working with mostly highly motivated people.
primarily
Public order is primarily an urban problem.
above all
Above all, chairs should be comfortable.
predominantly
The landscape has remained predominantly rural in appearance.
in the main
In the main, children are taboo in the workplace.
for the most part
For the most part, they try to keep out of local disputes.
first and foremost
Additional synonyms
in the sense of above all
Definition
most of all
Above all, chairs should be comfortable.
Synonyms
most of all,
chiefly,
mainly,
especially,
essentially,
basically,
principally,
primarily,
in the first place,
first of all,
at the end of the day (informal),
predominantly,
most importantly,
in essence,
firstly and foremost,
at bottom,
when all is said and done (informal),
before everything,
beyond everything,
elementally
in the sense of chiefly
Definition
mainly or mostly
a committee composed of leaders of the rival factions
Synonyms
mainly,
largely,
usually,
mostly,
in general,
on the whole,
predominantly,
in the main
in the sense of especially
Definition
particularly
The group is said to be gaining support, especially in the rural areas.
Synonyms
notably,
largely,
chiefly,
mainly,
mostly,
principally,
strikingly,
conspicuously,
outstandingly,
Esp
Synonyms of 'principally'
principally
Explore 'principally' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of for the most part
Definition
generally
For the most part, they try to keep out of local disputes.
Synonyms
mainly,
largely,
generally,
chiefly,
mostly,
principally,
on the whole,
in the main
in the sense of in the main
Definition
on the whole
In the main, children are taboo in the workplace.
Synonyms
on the whole,
generally,
mainly,
mostly,
in general,
for the most part
in the sense of largely
Definition
principally
I largely work with people who are already motivated.
Synonyms
mainly,
generally,
chiefly,
widely,
mostly,
principally,
primarily,
considerably,
predominantly,
extensively,
by and large,
as a rule,
to a large extent,
to a great extent
in the sense of mostly
Definition
almost entirely
I am working with mostly highly motivated people.
Synonyms
mainly,
largely,
chiefly,
principally,
primarily,
above all,
on the whole,
predominantly,
for the most part,
almost entirely
in the sense of predominantly
The landscape has remained predominantly rural in appearance.