chiefly

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From chief + -ly (adjectival suffix). Piecewise doublet of chefly and headly.

From Middle English chefly; equivalent to chief + -ly (adverbial suffix).

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: eritoten — especially or primarily; above all
• Hungarian: főleg — especially or primarily; above all
• Hungarian: főként — especially or primarily; above all
• Hungarian: főképp — especially or primarily; above all
• Hungarian: főképpen — especially or primarily; above all
• Polish: przede wszystkim — especially or primarily; above all
• Spanish: mayormente — especially or primarily; above all
• Spanish: máxime — especially or primarily; above all
• Albanian: kryesisht — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Arabic: غَالِبًا (ḡāliban) — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Armenian: գլխավորապես (glxavorapes) — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Armenian: հատկապես (hatkapes) — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Bulgarian: главно (glavno) — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Bulgarian: предимно (predimno) — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Catalan: principalment — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Chinese Mandarin: 主要地 (zhǔyào de) — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Czech: hlavně — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Danish: hovedsagelig — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Danish: især — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Danish: navnlig — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Danish: primært — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Dutch: voornamelijk — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Esperanto: ĉefe — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Finnish: pääosin — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Finnish: suurimmaksi osaksi — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Finnish: pääasiassa — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Finnish: etupäässä — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Finnish: pääasiallisesti — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Finnish: pitkälti — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• French: surtout — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• German: hauptsächlich — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Greek: κυρίως (kyríos) — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Ancient Greek: μάλιστα (málista) — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Ancient Greek: ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πολύ (hōs epì tò polú) — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Hungarian: nagyrészt — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Hungarian: jórészt — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Italian: principalmente — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Japanese: おもに (omo ni) — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Japanese: 主に (omo ni) — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Korean: 주로 (juro) — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Norwegian Bokmål: hovedsakelig — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Norwegian Bokmål: primært — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Norwegian Bokmål: for det meste — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Occitan: principalament — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Plautdietsch: hauptsechlich — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Polish: głównie — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Portuguese: principalmente — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Portuguese: especialmente — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Romanian: mai ales — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Romanian: mai cu seamă — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Romanian: îndeosebi — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Romanian: în principal — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Russian: в основно́м (v osnovnóm) — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Russian: осо́бенно (osóbenno) — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Russian: пе́рвоочерёдно rare (pérvoočerjodno) — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Russian: literary — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Russian: в пе́рвую о́чередь (v pérvuju óčeredʹ) — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Swedish: huvudsakligen — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Swedish: företrädesvis — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Swedish: i synnerhet — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Ukrainian: в основно́му (v osnovnómu) — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Ukrainian: головни́м чи́ном (holovným čýnom) — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Ukrainian: особли́во (osoblývo) — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Ukrainian: в пе́ршу чергу́ (v péršu čerhú) — mainly or principally, almost entirely
• Yiddish: דער עיקר (der iker) — mainly or principally, almost entirely