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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, chiefly, principally, in the first place

  2. generally, in general, in the mainadverb

    without distinction of one from others

    "he is interested in snakes in general"

    Synonyms:
    primarily, loosely, by and large, broadly speaking, more often than not, generally, in general, mainly, broadly, chiefly, principally, mostly

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#2006generally
#2913mostly
#3985primarily
#4284mainly
#13980broadly
#18393principally
#18971loosely
#22734chiefly

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  1. Professor Veerabhadran Ramanathan:

    For a long time, we thought carbon dioxide from fossil fuels was the main man-made greenhouse gas harming the planet. That changed overnight when in 1975 I published this paper in which I discovered that there are other gases in the atmosphere which are even more potent.

  2. Suman Sapkota:

    The main thing I want, and what we all want, is for the country to be peaceful, and never return to the violence we saw in the war, i got used to hearing the sounds of gunshots when I was very young, and it's something I don't want to hear any more.

  3. Barack Obama:

    It helps me deal with the common, everyday fears that we all share. The main one I’m feeling right now is that our children grow up too fast. They’re leaving!

  4. Michael Terman:

    We are confronting three main factors that can underlie depression: an internal clock that runs slower than 24 hours, late evening light exposure that adds physiological time and further slows the process, and a dark bedroom that disallows the morning light signal essential for achieving synchrony with local solar time.

  5. Tariq Madani:

    The main transmission is actually human to human.

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