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"roman": "hatkapes",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "հատկապես"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "glavno",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "главно"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "predimno",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "предимно"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "principalment"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǔyào de",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "主要地"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "hlavně"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "voornamelijk"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "ĉefe"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "pääosin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "suurimmaksi osaksi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "pääasiassa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "etupäässä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "pääasiallisesti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "pitkälti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "surtout"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "hauptsächlich"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kyríos",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "κυρίως"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "málista",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "μάλιστα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "hōs epì tò polú",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πολύ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "nagyrészt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "jórészt"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "principalmente"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "omo ni",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "おもに"
},
{
"alt": "おもに",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "omo ni",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "主に"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "juro",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "주로"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "hovedsakelig"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "primært"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "for det meste"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "principalament"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "hauptsechlich"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "głównie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "principalmente"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "especialmente"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "mai ales"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "mai cu seamă"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "îndeosebi"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "în principal"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "гла́вным о́бразом more literary and official",
"roman": "glávnym óbrazom",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "v osnovnóm",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"tags": [
"mainly"
],
"word": "в основно́м"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "osóbenno",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"tags": [
"especially"
],
"word": "осо́бенно"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pérvoočerjodno",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "пе́рвоочерёдно rare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "literary"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "primarily, first and foremost",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "v pérvuju óčeredʹ",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "в пе́рвую о́чередь"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "principalmente"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "huvudsakligen"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "företrädesvis"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "i synnerhet"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "v osnovnómu",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "в основно́му"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "holovným čýnom",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "головни́м чи́ном"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "osoblývo",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "особли́во"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "v péršu čerhú",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "в пе́ршу чергу́"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "der iker",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "דער עיקר"
}
],
"word": "chiefly"
}
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"English 2-syllable words",
"English adjectives",
"English adverbs",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms suffixed with -ly",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:English/iːfli",
"Rhymes:English/iːfli/2 syllables"
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "chefly"
},
"expansion": "Middle English chefly",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "chief",
"3": "ly"
},
"expansion": "chief + -ly",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English chefly; equivalent to chief + -ly.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "chieflier",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "chiefliest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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},
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
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{
"categories": [
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 261",
"text": "The maintenance of a perpetual fire came to be associated with chiefly or royal dignity.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"of or relating to a chief"
],
"links": [
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"chief",
"chief"
]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈtʃiːf.li/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːfli"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-chiefly.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fd/En-us-chiefly.ogg/En-us-chiefly.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/En-us-chiefly.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"word": "chiefly"
}
{
"called_from": "translations/609-20230504",
"msg": "Translation too long compared to word, so it is skipped",
"path": [
"chiefly"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "adverb",
"title": "chiefly",
"trace": ""
}
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