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Adverb our video collection consists chiefly of comedies, but we have a few horror movies

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Prada is revamping its existing stores and opening new ones, chiefly in Florida, Michigan and Texas, to capture rising demand there, the company said.

Trefor Moss, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022 White House officials have promised more supplies, chiefly from the Bavarian Nordic stockpile.

Matthew Perrone, ajc, 14 July 2022 Elliott, who runs a learning, technology, and development company, believes that the roles of understudies and swings have applications to the off-stage world, chiefly in the sense of adaptability.

John Baldoni, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022 The crypto pirates struck big again in September of last year, hacking $280 million from KuCoin of the Seychelles, chiefly in Ethereum.

Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2021 This piece from Health Affairs is focused chiefly on COVID, decrying the lack of data on people with disabilities during the pandemic.

Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2022 The Parleys Fire was contained thanks chiefly to the rapid deployment of numerous aircraft that encircled the blaze with retardant before reaching homes.

Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Aug. 2022 The method is used chiefly for an old tuberculosis test.

BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022 The heat wave was expected to be most extreme in the state’s interior, chiefly the Central Valley, where some locations hit 110 degrees Tuesday.

From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2022

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After the British arrived, Tu, a scion of a chiefly family on Tahiti, dealt cleverly with the newcomers.

Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2022 Known to Samoans by her chiefly title of Fiame, the daughter of the country's original prime minister served as Samoa's first female cabinet minister from 1991 to 2006.

Erin Spencer, Forbes, 19 May 2021 See More

单词	chiefly
释义	chiefly 1 of 2 adverb chief·ly ˈchē-flē 1 : most importantly : principally, especially 2 : for the most part : mostly, mainly chiefly 2 of 2 adjective : of or relating to a chief chiefly duties Synonyms Adverb altogether basically by and large generally largely mainly mostly overall predominantly primarily principally substantially See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Adverb our video collection consists chiefly of comedies, but we have a few horror movies Recent Examples on the Web Adverb Prada is revamping its existing stores and opening new ones, chiefly in Florida, Michigan and Texas, to capture rising demand there, the company said. Trefor Moss, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022 White House officials have promised more supplies, chiefly from the Bavarian Nordic stockpile. Matthew Perrone, ajc, 14 July 2022 Elliott, who runs a learning, technology, and development company, believes that the roles of understudies and swings have applications to the off-stage world, chiefly in the sense of adaptability. John Baldoni, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022 The crypto pirates struck big again in September of last year, hacking $280 million from KuCoin of the Seychelles, chiefly in Ethereum. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2021 This piece from Health Affairs is focused chiefly on COVID, decrying the lack of data on people with disabilities during the pandemic. Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2022 The Parleys Fire was contained thanks chiefly to the rapid deployment of numerous aircraft that encircled the blaze with retardant before reaching homes. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Aug. 2022 The method is used chiefly for an old tuberculosis test. BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022 The heat wave was expected to be most extreme in the state’s interior, chiefly the Central Valley, where some locations hit 110 degrees Tuesday. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2022 Adjective After the British arrived, Tu, a scion of a chiefly family on Tahiti, dealt cleverly with the newcomers. Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2022 Known to Samoans by her chiefly title of Fiame, the daughter of the country's original prime minister served as Samoa's first female cabinet minister from 1991 to 2006. Erin Spencer, Forbes, 19 May 2021 See More Word History First Known Use Adverb 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Adjective 1870, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition chiefly adverb chief·ly ˈchē-flē 1 : above all : most importantly We're chiefly concerned with safety. 2 : for the most part Owls are active chiefly at night. chiefly adverb as in mainly for the most part our video collection consists chiefly of comedies, but we have a few horror movies Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance mainly mostly primarily principally predominantly largely generally basically partly substantially usually typically in general normally commonly most partially overall some altogether practically broadly on the whole by and large frequently virtually next to nearly ordinarily approximately somewhat roughly rather much near nigh about well-nigh plus or minus more or less incompletely Antonyms & Near Antonyms entirely wholly fully completely thoroughly totally perfectly scarcely just hardly barely minimally marginally absolutely unqualifiedly categorically See More
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