Definitions for CHIEFLY
ˈtʃif lichief·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chiefly, principally, primarily, mainly, in the mainadverb

   for the most part

   "he is mainly interested in butterflies"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chieflyadverb

   especially or primarily; above all

2. chieflyadverb

   mainly or principally; almost entirely

3. chieflyadjective

   of, or relating to a chief

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chieflyadverb

   Principally; eminently; more than common.

   Etymology: from chief.

   Any man who will seriously consider the nature of an epic poem, what actions it describes, and what persons they are chiefly whom it informs, will find it a work full of difficulty. John Dryden, Juven. Preface.

   Those parts of the kingdom, where the number and estates of the dissenters chiefly lay. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chiefly

   Chiefly generally means mainly or principally. It refers to something that is predominantly or for the most part in a certain way.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Chieflyadverb

   in the first place; principally; preeminently; above; especially

2. Chieflyadverb

   for the most part; mostly

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How to pronounce CHIEFLY?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say CHIEFLY in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of CHIEFLY in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of CHIEFLY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of CHIEFLY in a Sentence

1. Aristotle:

   If liberty and equality, as is thought by some are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost.

2. Germaine Greer:

   There has come into existence, chiefly in America, a breed of men who claim to be feminists. They imagine that they have understood what women want and that they are capable of giving it to them. They help with the dishes at home and make their own coffee in the office, basking the while in the refulgent consciousness of virtue. Such men are apt to think of the true male feminists as utterly chauvinistic.

3. Margaret Oliphant Oliphant:

   It has been my fate in a long life of production to be credited chiefly with the equivocal virtue of industry, a quality so excellent in morals, so little satisfactory in art.

4. Immanuel Kant, CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON:

   Criticism alone can sever the root of materialism, fatalism, atheism, free-thinking, fanaticism, and superstition, which can be injurious universally; as well as of idealism and skepticism, which are dangerous chiefly to the Schools, and hardly allow of being handed on to the public.

5. Socrates:

   Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=CHIEFLY
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Chiefly
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=CHIEFLY
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/CHIEFLY
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=CHIEFLY