Synonym: above all, especially, mainly, mostly. Similar words: briefly, chief, chiefdom, mischief, handkerchief, chief of state, commander in chief, chief executive. Meaning: ['tʃiːflɪ] adv. for the most part.
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61. About 40 % of the foodequipment business is international, but it consists chiefly of exporting products to distributors and licensees abroad.
62. These principles chiefly concerned broadcasting organization, and the organization, of course, was designed to achieve complementary public service goals.
63. It would, however, be absurd to complain that Blunden and Mellor chiefly admire skill in a poet.
64. While so many documentary-makers seem chiefly eager to exhibit their punditry, he appeared as a genuine seeker after knowledge.
65. Mr Heath's Government was chiefly preoccupied with his attempt to restore the economy after Labour mismanagement.
66. Some teachers were chiefly concerned to chart the acquisition of underlying skills, but many were satisfied with checklists of tasks completed.
67. The men against the wall drank little or nothing, and the most serious devotees danced chiefly with one another.
68. Over this period I visited the school more than 30 times, chiefly to conduct interviews and attend meetings.
69. They are chiefly associated with his distinctive emphases on historical revelation and on the ethical rather than mystical nature of religion.
70. Members of this group are chiefly external parasites of turtles, fishes, and amphibians.
71. The obstinate refusal of many males to support gun control is not chiefly a product of conditioning by the weapons industry.
72. Their mechanism of action has been worked out chiefly by experiments on animals.
73. Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued. Socrates
74. Chiefly for tactical reasons, a clause was inserted in the women's suffrage bills of 1874 expressly excluding married women.
75. Yet, significant as many of these developments were, the majority seem chiefly remarkable for the wealth they did not generate.
76. The latter is chiefly intended to protect a healthy knee against injury and to give confidence to those with inherently weak joints.
77. It is thus with most of us; we are what other people say we are. We know ourselves chiefly by hearsay. Eric Hoffer
78. Marlin's record collection was chiefly seduction songs of his sixties adolescence, which suited her fine.
79. It was chiefly in articles for the Spectator between 1711 and 1714 that his criticism appeared.
80. That was why he relied chiefly on Simenon, an author for whom he preserved a high opinion all his life.
81. Bethesda disposed of Beaumaris by five wickets with 10 overs left thanks chiefly to a fighting 60 by Bryn Butler.
82. Foxton still remains a popular attraction, though obviously chiefly on account of the Locks.
83. It is a very beautiful instrument, chiefly used for solo work where a melancholy and expressive tone-quality is appropriate.
84. Real estate prices have been falling, chiefly because of the lack of jobs in the area.
85. Darwin's theory is an example of a scientific theory which is chiefly explanatory.
86. Up to that time coal was chiefly used as a domestic fuel but from 1812 onwards it went to sea as bunker fuel.
87. Did Britain direct the spearhead chiefly at Egypt?
88. Chiefly British A swindle ; a cheat. Sentencedict.com
89. A man's success depends chiefly on himself.
90. A granitic rock composed chiefly of quartz and mica.
More similar words: briefly, chief, chiefdom, mischief, handkerchief, chief of state, commander in chief, chief executive, thief, achieve, achievable, mischievous, achievement, fly, gadfly, butterfly, reflect, deflect, deflated, deflation, flying colours, reflection, die for, brief, grief, shield, belief, relief, cashier, in brief.