"mainly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈmeɪnli/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mainly.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -eɪnli Etymology: From Middle English maynly; equivalent to main + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|maynly}} Middle English maynly, {{suffix|en|main|ly}} main + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} mainly (not comparable)
  1. Chiefly; for the most part. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms (for the most part): in the main Translations (chiefly; for the most part): غَالِبًا (ḡāliban) (Arabic), башлыса (başlısa) (Bashkir), гало́ўным чы́нам (halóŭnym čýnam) (Belarusian), главно (glavno) (Bulgarian), principalment (Catalan), 主要地 (zhǔyào de) (Chinese Mandarin), voornamelijk (Dutch), ĉefe (Esperanto), precipe (Esperanto), pääosin (Finnish), suurimmaksi osaksi (Finnish), pääasiassa (Finnish), etupäässä (Finnish), pääasiallisesti (Finnish), lähinnä (Finnish), enimmäkseen (Finnish), pitkälti (Finnish), surtout (French), principalement (French), ძირითადად (ʒiritadad) (Georgian), hauptsächlich (German), κυρίως (kyríos) (Greek), בעיקר \ בְּעִקָּר (b'ikár) (Hebrew), főleg (Hungarian), principalmente (Italian), sostanzialmente (Italian), おもに (omo ni) (Japanese), 主に (omo ni) (alt: おもに) (Japanese), 주로 (juro) (Korean), prîncipalement (Norman), hovedsakelig (Norwegian Bokmål), overveiende (Norwegian Bokmål), hovudsakleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), principalament (Occitan), hauptsechlich (Plautdietsch), głównie (Polish), principalmente (Portuguese), îndeosebi (Romanian), mai ales (Romanian), mai cu seamă (Romanian), гла́вным о́бразом (glávnym óbrazom) (Russian), в основно́м (v osnovnóm) (Russian), principalmente (Spanish), huvudsakligen (Swedish), головни́м чи́ном (holovným čýnom) (Ukrainian), перева́жно (perevážno) (Ukrainian), го́ловно (hólovno) (Ukrainian), ledino (Volapük), דער עיקר (der iker) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-mainly-en-adv-VfDRQpbr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 38 14 17 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 28 31 12 29 Disambiguation of 'for the most part': 100 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'chiefly; for the most part': 96 1 0 2
  2. (obsolete) Forcefully, vigorously. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete Synonyms (forcefully): energetically, powerfully, strongly
    Sense id: en-mainly-en-adv-QlUx-RuA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 38 14 17 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 28 31 12 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 28 38 14 20 Disambiguation of 'forcefully': 10 70 16 4
  3. (obsolete) Of the production of a sound: loudly, powerfully. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete Synonyms (loudly): earsplittingly, lustily, raucously, thunderously
    Sense id: en-mainly-en-adv-vIV2Q-6c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 38 14 17 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 28 31 12 29 Disambiguation of 'loudly': 17 29 47 7
  4. (obsolete) To a great degree; very much. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete Synonyms (to a great degree): a lot, extremely
    Sense id: en-mainly-en-adv-SjwSMD4H Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 38 14 17 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 28 31 12 29 Disambiguation of 'to a great degree': 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: principally, mostly Related terms: amain

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          "word": "huvudsakligen"
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          "roman": "holovným čýnom",
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        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forcefully, vigorously."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Forcefully",
          "forcefully"
        ],
        [
          "vigorously",
          "vigorously"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Forcefully, vigorously."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of the production of a sound: loudly, powerfully."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "loudly",
          "loudly"
        ],
        [
          "powerfully",
          "powerfully"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Of the production of a sound: loudly, powerfully."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To a great degree; very much."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "very much",
          "very much"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To a great degree; very much."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmeɪnli/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪnli"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "in the main"
    },
    {
      "word": "principally"
    },
    {
      "word": "mostly"
    },
    {
      "sense": "forcefully",
      "word": "energetically"
    },
    {
      "sense": "forcefully",
      "word": "powerfully"
    },
    {
      "sense": "forcefully",
      "word": "strongly"
    },
    {
      "sense": "loudly",
      "word": "earsplittingly"
    },
    {
      "sense": "loudly",
      "word": "lustily"
    },
    {
      "sense": "loudly",
      "word": "raucously"
    },
    {
      "sense": "loudly",
      "word": "thunderously"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to a great degree",
      "word": "a lot"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to a great degree",
      "word": "extremely"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡāliban",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "غَالِبًا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "başlısa",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "башлыса"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "halóŭnym čýnam",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "гало́ўным чы́нам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "glavno",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "главно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "principalment"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǔyào de",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "主要地"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "voornamelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "ĉefe"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "precipe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "pääosin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "suurimmaksi osaksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "pääasiassa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "etupäässä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "pääasiallisesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "lähinnä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "enimmäkseen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "pitkälti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "surtout"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "principalement"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ʒiritadad",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "ძირითადად"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "hauptsächlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kyríos",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "κυρίως"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "b'ikár",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "בעיקר \\ בְּעִקָּר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "főleg"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "principalmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "sostanzialmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "omo ni",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "おもに"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おもに",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "omo ni",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "主に"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "juro",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "주로"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "prîncipalement"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "hovedsakelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "overveiende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "hovudsakleg"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "principalament"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "hauptsechlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "głównie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "principalmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "îndeosebi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "mai ales"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "mai cu seamă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glávnym óbrazom",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "гла́вным о́бразом"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v osnovnóm",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "в основно́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "principalmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "huvudsakligen"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "holovným čýnom",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "головни́м чи́ном"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perevážno",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "перева́жно"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hólovno",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "го́ловно"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "ledino"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "der iker",
      "sense": "chiefly; for the most part",
      "word": "דער עיקר"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mainly"
}

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