Synonyms for chiefly
ˈtʃif lichief·ly

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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, principally, in the first place

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1. chieflyadjective

   Synonyms:
   principally, eminently, mainly, especially, particularly, above all

2. chieflyadjective

   Synonyms:
   mostly, for the most part

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1. List of paraphrases for "chiefly":

   mainly, primarily, principally, mostly, essentially, predominantly, especially, largely, particularly

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1. Henry David Thoreau, "Resistance to Civil Government":

   I came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to live in, but to live in it, be it good or bad.

2. Arnold Bennett:

   Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels that in some paramount affairs he failed to take up the challenge of life.

3. Calvin Moore:

   [The boy has been] in the hospital and doing much better, but there’s obviously a long road to recovery ahead before he can be brought back, our concern chiefly is for the safety of the boy, and to make sure he’s brought back to the United States and put into the safe, supportive environment that he deserves.

4. Benjamin Netanyahu:

   In coming weeks, the powers are liable to reach a framework agreement with Iran, an agreement liable to leave Iran as a nuclear threshold state, something that would chiefly imperil the existence of the State of Israel, as prime minister of Israel, I am obligated to make every effort to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weaponry that will be aimed at the State of Israel. This effort is global and I will go anywhere I am invited to make the State of Israel's case and defend its future and existence.

5. Socrates:

   I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your properties, but and chiefly to care about the greatest improvement of the soul. I tell you that virtue is not given by money, but that from virtue comes money and every other good of man, public as well as private. This is my teaching, and if this is the doctrine which corrupts the youth, I am a mischievous person.