Definitions

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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Principally and most recently, the luminous Wayfarers Chapel, a national historic landmark, Lloyd Wright’s marvel of wood and glass in Rancho Palos Verdes, has always seemed to hover above the sea.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2024

Principally, because nothing else seems positioned to do the trick.

From Slate • Jan. 19, 2024

Principally, we will need to recognise the contributions and the losses of the UK’s minority and working-class people, above all.

From The Guardian • May 7, 2020

Forester, set among British forces around World War I. Principally, it is about a commander unable to meet the moment.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2018

Principally he considered the discomfort he was beginning to feel.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

principally

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