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first and foremost

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mainly adv.
primarily adv.
principally adv.

ADVERB

mainly

Synonyms

STRONG

chiefly primarily principally

WEAK

above all essentially generally in general in the main largely most of all mostly on the whole overall predominantly substantially to the greatest extent usually

Antonyms

STRONG

secondarily

ADVERB

primarily

Synonyms

WEAK

at first at the start from the start in the first place initially originally primitively

Antonyms

WEAK

finally secondarily

ADVERB

principally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

basically chiefly generally importantly largely mostly notably particularly predominantly

STRONG

primarily

WEAK

above all before anything else cardinally dominantly eminently especially essentially first of all for the most part fundamentally in the first place in the main materially peculiarly preeminently prevailingly prevalently substantially superlatively supremely to a great degree universally vitally

Antonyms

WEAK

secondarily trivially

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first and foremost

Dmitriev said the act would have caused "serious damage first and foremost to the US economy and global markets".

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Yet it remains, first and foremost, a military tool.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

"The Torcal is a Bentley first and foremost, created by hand by people who care, using the best available materials and technology to blend heritage with cutting-edge innovation," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

“It’s going to be first and foremost — like any record or anything that I do — cathartic for me.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Professor Putnam had believed the Midway ought first and foremost to provide an education about alien cultures.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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