principally

[prin-suh-puh-lee, -sip-lee] / ˈprɪn sə pə li, -sɪp li /

ADVERB

mainly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

basically chiefly first and foremost 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

Example Sentences

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Snider and team point out, though, that recent strength has been driven principally by a 16% surge in earnings-per-share growth estimates.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Instead he finds substance principally in novels that “correspond in quality to our deepest fears and guilts as projected in our dreams.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

I knew both musicals principally from their film adaptations.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

But for Wada Waziri, it is not principally a religious conflict.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

Evidence seems to prove that this is a germ disease spread principally by human contact, chiefly through coughing, sneezing, or spitting.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

principally

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