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English
Etymology
From Middle English chefly; equivalent to chief + -ly.
Pronunciation
Adverb
chiefly (comparative more chiefly, superlative most chiefly)
- (focus) Especially or primarily; above all.
Their relationship is chiefly professional.
This is a term chiefly used by online gamers.
- (focus) Mainly or principally; almost entirely.
Synonyms
Translations
especially or primarily; above all
mainly or principally, almost entirely
- Albanian: kryesisht (sq)
- Arabic: غَالِبًا (ḡāliban)
- Armenian: գլխավորապես (hy) (glxavorapes), հատկապես (hy) (hatkapes)
- Bulgarian: главно (bg) (glavno), предимно (bg) (predimno)
- Catalan: principalment (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 主要地 (zh) (zhǔyào de)
- Czech: hlavně (cs)
- Dutch: voornamelijk (nl)
- Esperanto: ĉefe (eo)
- Finnish: pääosin, suurimmaksi osaksi, pääasiassa (fi), etupäässä, pääasiallisesti (fi), pitkälti (fi)
- French: surtout (fr)
- German: hauptsächlich (de)
- Greek: κυρίως (el) (kyríos)
- Ancient: μάλιστα (málista), ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πολύ (hōs epì tò polú)
- Hungarian: nagyrészt (hu), jórészt (hu)
- Italian: principalmente (it)
- Japanese: おもに (ja) (omo ni), 主に (ja) (おもに, omo ni)
- Korean: 주로 (ko) (juro)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: hovedsakelig (no), primært, for det meste
- Occitan: principalament
- Plautdietsch: hauptsechlich
- Polish: głównie (pl)
- Portuguese: principalmente (pt), especialmente (pt)
- Romanian: mai ales, mai cu seamă, îndeosebi (ro), în principal
- Russian: гла́вным о́бразом (ru) (glávnym óbrazom) more literary and official, в основно́м (v osnovnóm) (mainly); осо́бенно (ru) (osóbenno) (especially); пе́рвоочерёдно (pérvoočerjodno) rare, literary, в пе́рвую о́чередь (v pérvuju óčeredʹ) (primarily, first and foremost)
- Spanish: principalmente (es)
- Swedish: huvudsakligen (sv), företrädesvis (sv), i synnerhet (sv)
- Ukrainian: в основно́му (uk) (v osnovnómu), головни́м чи́ном (uk) (holovným čýnom), особли́во (osoblývo), в пе́ршу чергу́ (v péršu čerhú)
- Yiddish: דער עיקר (der iker)
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Adjective
chiefly (comparative chieflier, superlative chiefliest)
- of or relating to a chief
1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 261:The maintenance of a perpetual fire came to be associated with chiefly or royal dignity.