Examples of 'chiefly' in a sentence

Meaning of "chiefly"

Chiefly (adverb): Mainly or mostly. It is used to specify that something occurs predominantly in a particular way, for instance, 'The book is chiefly concerned with the protagonist's internal struggles.'
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  • Especially or primarily; above all.
  • Mainly or principally; almost entirely.
  • of or relating to a chief

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It depends chiefly on how much advice is required.
I know that the responsibility is chiefly mine.
Madagascar is chiefly a forest product exporting country.
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by ma terial.
In space it chiefly keeps the astronauts in place.
In recent months progress has chiefly been made on.
Women work chiefly in the informal sector.
The private sector concentrates chiefly on profitability.
They are chiefly opposed to the cuts in education.
This book is arranged chiefly by organ system.
Are chiefly formed by people with no skills.
The new owners are chiefly foreign companies.
It is chiefly composed of dunes and tidal marshes.
The rest is composed chiefly of pelagic sediments.
Chiefly nitrogen with virtually no oxygen or hydrogen.

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She was remembered chiefly for her unhappiness.
Chiefly known for his contributions to hydrotherapy.
Two factors are chiefly responsible for this.
Chiefly in mover and shaker after quot.
His criticism applied chiefly to issues of discrimination.
It chiefly effects the veins and capillaries.
These quotes were chiefly from literary sources.
Chiefly because it separates us from those we love.
His poems are chiefly satirical and burlesque.
Chiefly that the world goes on without you.
She wrote chiefly for the young.
She is descended from notable chiefly lines.
It contains chiefly phenols and pyridine bases.
Mahler has devoted himself chiefly to chronology.
This occurs chiefly in amendments to existing law.
It is a cruciform domed church built chiefly of stone.
Penguins chiefly feed during the day.
The oil was in demand chiefly for lamps.
Other chiefly private client commissions followed.
Vaprak is worshipped chiefly by ogres and trolls.
He was chiefly concerned with species and perfections.
Transport of minerals was chiefly done on the backs of mules.
It is chiefly known for its chauraha crossing.
Toxic effects of substances chiefly nonmedical as to source.
Ships chiefly export sugarcane and coffee.
The reduction in exports is chiefly in manufactured goods.
The chiefly system is much more stable.
Blue breams eat chiefly animal plankton.
He called for a democratizing of the chiefly system.
They immigrated chiefly because of religious persecution.
Their food apparently consists chiefly of worms.
Defeats were treated chiefly in terms of resistance to death.
His area of specialisation in philosophy was chiefly ethics.
It is served chiefly with poultry and sweetbreads.
Nowadays abecedariuses are written chiefly for children.

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