Synonym: chiefly, in the main, primarily, principally. Similar words: ungainly, certainly, certainly not, maintain, domain, remain, in the main, remaining. Meaning: ['meɪnlɪ] 
adv. for the most part.
adv. for the most part. 
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271. As cogs in the Soviet military machine, the three countries' armies used to sit mainly near their western borders.
272. There are major bottlenecks in the transport system, mainly because of foreign exchange problems.
273. There was usually carnage, inhibited mainly by the water the traders had added to the whiskey.
274. Eileen, who is based in Birkenhead, Wirral, mainly practices reflexology which treats ailments through foot massage.
275. There is an evaluation of the Flesch Index, but mainly the analyses stress actual word usage rather than sentence construction perse.
276. It was my decision, mainly because I had nothing else to do.
277. He went round the back of the house and inspected the incinerator, now full of partly glowing but mainly black ashes.
277. Sentencedict.com try its best to collect and build good sentences.
278. While it deals mainly with the Arizona border area, much is obviously applicable elsewhere.
279. He attributed his decision to pursue a managerial career mainly to this experience.
280. The mathematical exercises which follow are mainly to do with shopkeepers and car dealers making profit or loss.
281. The syntactic analysis revolves mainly around the study of adverbial and participial structures in the narrative.
More similar words: ungainly, certainly, certainly not, maintain, domain, remain, in the main, remaining, mainstream, maintenance, mail, in line, only, openly, only too, if only, in line with, fall in love, commonly, only that, only child, fall in love with, ain't, drain, again, chain, faint, obtain, regain, retain.