See chiefly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"Terms with Armenian translations",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
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"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
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"text": "Their relationship is chiefly professional.",
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"ref": "1975 July 7, Ben A. Franklin, “MANDEL INQUIRY STIRS MARYLAND”, in The New York Times:",
"text": "But questions presisted^([sic]), chiefly because of the acknowledged and continuing Federal investigation of Mr. Mandel's wealthy friends, W. Dale Hess and Harry W. Rogers 3d, who have profited from business with the state.",
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "especially or primarily; above all",
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"sense": "especially or primarily; above all",
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"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
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"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "գլխավորապես"
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"code": "hy",
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"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "հատկապես"
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"code": "bg",
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"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǔyào de",
"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "主要地"
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
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"code": "nl",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "de",
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"word": "principalmente"
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"word": "mai cu seamă"
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{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
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{
"code": "ro",
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely"
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"sense": "mainly or principally, almost entirely",
"word": "в пе́ршу чергу́"
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"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
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"word": "דער עיקר"
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