mainly

A2 Topic:Describing Qualities
US /ˈmeɪnli/ UK /ˈmeɪnli/
adv Freq #6133

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    For the most part; chiefly.

    The audience was mainly made up of young students.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adv · for the most part; chiefly. in the mainchiefly
More mostlyprincipally
Word family
Related forms amain

Etymology

From Middle English maynly; equivalent to main + -ly.

*megʰ- Proto-Indo-European maynly Middle English
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Topics

Describing Qualities Register & Style
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