EGAVE

mainly

About 40.62 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adverb Of a person or thing being the driving force influencing the outcome of an event; chiefly; certainly for the most part. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. adverb Forcefully, vigorously.
  3. adverb Of the production of a sound: loudly, powerfully.
  4. adverb To a great degree; very much.
  5. adverb ↑ “mainly”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
  6. adverb ↑ “driving force”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.

Similar words

chiefly primarily principally in the main mostly most usually generally predominately predominantly

Often followed by

in to on of by from because for the due

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