Synonyms for Mainly
ˈmeɪn limain·ly

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1. mainly

   Synonyms:
   principally, largely, chiefly, primarily

   Antonyms:
   somewhat, partially, slightly, subordinately

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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, mainly, in general, in the main, chiefly, principally, in the first place

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1. mainlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   chiefly, principally, in the main

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1. mainlyadverb

   Synonyms:
   principally, chiefly, largely

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1. List of paraphrases for "mainly":

   primarily, principally, mostly, essentially, predominantly, chiefly, largely, especially, basically, main, particularly, major, fundamentally, principal, foremost, notably, predominately

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1. Lu Shanlong:

   The decline in the water levels of the Poyang lake is caused by many reasons, but generally speaking it is mainly the impact of engineering, including the Three Gorges Dam, the best way to solve it should be to optimise the way it is currently engineered, and not add even more engineering.

2. Suren Ratwatte:

   We pay pretty well because the pilots going (away from the company) go mainly to the Middle East, and we tend to get very close to Gulf salaries except (we are) living in Sri Lanka, your lifestyle is pretty decent.

3. Koby Simana:

   There is a strong pipeline of Israeli companies that want to go to IPO on various stock markets, mainly in the United States.

4. Ian Kille:

   Every time I think about it I'm heartbroken, mainly for my daughter, because such an important role model in her life is gone, i think about the kids that were hurt also and even the bus driver.

5. Brandon Coleman:

   We're missing the boat with these most at-risk veterans, and not enough is being done systemically in order to protect them. ... We can't just hand these guys pills, (that) is not the answer, i came forward mainly because of the veteran suicides. They're not being handled properly.