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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

Zelensky wrote on X that he had discussed all the main issues with Macron "and this concerns, first and foremost, the need for air defence".

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

John said the force's thoughts were "first and foremost with the victim's family and loved ones at this extremely difficult time, as well as everyone who has been injured".

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

But his death was an intimate injury to his loved ones first and foremost.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

The bonds are investment grade, first and foremost, so the risk of issuers defaulting is relatively low.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

People didn't think of me first and foremost as being Leib Lejzon.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

first and foremost

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