mainly
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Definition of mainly
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Synonyms for mainly
Synonyms
altogether, basically, by and large, chiefly, generally, largely, mostly, overall, predominantly, primarily, principally, substantially
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Many on the left see the success of the rich is due mainly to fraud or manipulation. — Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, "The Meritocrat Who Wants to Unwind the Meritocracy," 9 Sep. 2019 The government is moving slowly to fulfil its commitment to hand out within ten years title to 7m hectares (17m acres) of land, mainly to poor farmers. — The Economist, "Will Colombia return to war?," 5 Sep. 2019 Based in Mount Horeb, Duluth Trading is mainly an online and catalog retailer, but has a growing brick-and-mortar presence that, in 2018, generated about 38% of overall sales. — Rick Romell, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Duluth Trading Co. chief executive Stephanie Pugliese resigns," 4 Sep. 2019 Her subjects are mainly women of color lounging in domestic spaces usually nude, a nuanced stab at the white male gaze in art history creating paintings and sculptures of nude women. — Kiara Ventura, Teen Vogue, "Artist Mónica Hernández On Her Art, Upbringing, and Exploring Taboos in Latinx Communities," 23 Aug. 2019 Since then, Busey has been relegated mainly to cameos in projects like Sharknado movies. — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, "Gary Busey, Set to Play God, Believes "There Is No Death"," 22 Aug. 2019 Signs point to fracking Natural gas is mainly methane. — Stephen Leahy, National Geographic, "Fracking boom tied to methane spike in Earth’s atmosphere," 15 Aug. 2019 The new phones have gotten a bit of a design refresh over the great Note 9, which itself was mainly a rehash of the excellent Note 8. — Mike Murphy, Quartz, "Samsung unveils the gigantic Note 10 and Note 10+," 7 Aug. 2019 Auburn is a significant test to open the season in a number of ways, mainly because the Tigers are a run-first team and the Ducks struggled against the run last season. — oregonlive.com, "5 questions for Oregon heading into fall camp," 1 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mainly.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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