principally
C1
adv
Freq #45953
Meanings
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adv
In a primary manner; pertaining to the principal of a matter.
The game principally consists in taking and carrying off the ball from the opposite party, after being hurled into the air midway between two high pillars, which are the goasl, and the party who bears off the ball to their pillar, wins the game[…]
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adv
for the most part
Etymology
From Middle English principaly. By surface analysis, principal + -ly.
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