Antonyms for mainly
ˈmeɪn limain·ly

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1. mainly

   Antonyms:
   somewhat, partially, slightly, subordinately

   Synonyms:
   principally, largely, chiefly, primarily

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1. chiefly, principally, primarily, mainly, in the mainadverb

   for the most part

   "he is mainly interested in butterflies"

   Synonyms:
   primarily, generally, in general, in the main, chiefly, principally, in the first place

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1. mainlyadverb

   Synonyms:
   principally, chiefly, largely

How to use mainly in a sentence?

1. John Cornyn:

   Of course it has something to do with guns, but it mainly has something to do with who's pulling the trigger and people with mental health and mental health crises, people who can't legally purchase firearms and possess them because they're felons or otherwise have a disqualifying record -- there's a lot of things we need to keep looking at.

2. Elizabeth Warren:

   For decades, the leaders of both parties preached the gospel that free trade was a rising tide that would lift all boats, great rhetoric -- except that the trade deals they negotiated mainly lifted the yachts -- and threw millions of working Americans overboard to drown.

3. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov:

   We hope our Western partners won't stay away, and European countries, primarily France and Germany who are taking part in so called Normandy format, and mainly the U.S. won't do anything to create an illusion for Kiev's government that its actions lead to automatic support in the West.

4. Mahmoud Daghir:

   Iraqis have long linked their life to the government and its budget, and therefore we don’t have the business mentality mainly among youths, the youths have developed an idea that a university degree automatically leads to a comfortable public sector job.

5. Chief Executive Rice Powell:

   When you are as large as we are in our core business in the U.S., you can rarely buy anything and keep it all. Therefore, we are mainly looking for M&A outside of the U.S..

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