Chiefly Synonyms and Antonyms

chēflē
For the most part
(Adverb)
Synonyms:
  1. principally
  2. mainly
  3. primarily
  4. in-the-main
Most importantly
(Adverb)
Antonyms:
  1. unimportantly
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. particularly
  2. in-the-first-place

Words Related to Chiefly

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. almost-entirely
  2. mostly
  3. largely

Chiefly Sentence Examples

  • Moscow is chiefly busy with gossip, he continued.

  • The foreign trade is not large, and consists chiefly in the exportation of pineapples and other fruit.

  • But the talk in every group was chiefly about the Emperor Alexander.

  • He served in the New York legislature (1759-1760), but his political influence was long exerted chiefly through pamphlets and newspaper articles.

  • In Jefferson county there were in 1900 more than 300 mining and manufacturing establishments, engaged, chiefly, in the production of iron, coal and coke, and a majority of these are in Birmingham and its suburban towns.

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