Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mainly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mainly \Main"ly\, adv. [From main strong. See {Main} strength.]
Very strongly; mightily; to a great degree. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mainly \Main"ly\, adv. [From main principal, chief.]
Principally; chiefly.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mainly
adv : for the most part; "he is mainly interested in butterflies"
[syn: {chiefly}, {principally}, {primarily}, {in the
main}]
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