Word Meanings - CHIEFLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. In the first place; principally; preëminently; above; especially. Search through this garden; leave unsearched no nook; But chiefly where those two fair creatures lodge. Milton. 2. For the most part; mostly. Those parts of the kingdom where

Additional info about word: CHIEFLY

1. In the first place; principally; preëminently; above; especially. Search through this garden; leave unsearched no nook; But chiefly where those two fair creatures lodge. Milton. 2. For the most part; mostly. Those parts of the kingdom where the . . . estates of the dissenters chiefly lay. Swift.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CHIEFLY)

• mainly
• Principally
• largely
• chiefly
• primarily

Related words: (words related to CHIEFLY)

• PRINCIPALLY
  In a principal manner; primarily; above all; chiefly; mainly.
• PRIMARILY
  In a primary manner; in the first place; in the first place; in the first intention; originally.
• LARGELY
  In a large manner. Dryden. Milton.
• MAINLY
  Very strongly; mightily; to a great degree. Bacon. Shak.
• CHIEFLY
  1. In the first place; principally; preëminently; above; especially. Search through this garden; leave unsearched no nook; But chiefly where those two fair creatures lodge. Milton. 2. For the most part; mostly. Those parts of the kingdom where