mainlyadverb
uk/ˈmeɪn.li/us/ˈmeɪn.li/B1 usually or to a large degree:
I mainly go to bed around midnight.
The group is made up of mainly young people.
They argued that the tax will mainly benefit the rich.
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- Cheetahs are mainly found in Africa.
- Helicopters are mainly used for military rather than civil use.
- It's a disease which affects mainly older people.
- Air is composed mainly of nitrogen and oxygen.
- The class is comprised mainly of Italian and French students.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Very important or urgent
- all-important
- arch
- at all cost(s) idiom
- be a matter of life and/or death idiom
- burning
- chief
- considerable
- critical
- make the world go around/round idiom
- materially
- minor league
- mission-critical
- moment
- radical
- sacred
- salient
- serious
- seriously
- substantial
- substantially
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