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.
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181. Frederick was plagued with one illness after another throughout his childhood, mainly suffering from asthma and other breathing problems.
182. When there are sudden floods over the banks, more sand and mud are deposited, mainly near the river channel.
183. Within the first 10 minutes, we had 6 guys wounded from different booby traps, mainly hand grenades.
184. There became room for younger, different, mainly nonconformist leaders to assert themselves, not necessarily by parliamentary means.
185. They evolved in the bloodstreams of people in hot countries as a defence against malaria and occur mainly in black people.
186. Lung cancer deaths have halved since 1965, mainly due to a reduction in the number of people who smoke.
187. Turnover grew by a quarter and margins would have been maintained but for strikes and other special factors mainly affecting the aerospace business.
188. The end product contains mainly carbon monoxide and hydrogen from the gasification step plus a little methane from the carbonisation.
189. The package will cover areas not covered by insurance claims and will be directed mainly at the fish farming industry.
190. It was based on vitrinite reflectance measured on cores and cuttings mainly from oil industry boreholes.
191. The cash proposed yesterday will mainly be used to pay satellite broadcasters.
192. The average monthly bill per customer is declining as the industry woos newcomers who want a cellular phone mainly for emergencies.
193. It announced a loss of £2.8m, on a turnover of £13.5m, thanks mainly to write-downs in the depressed property market.
194. Soft haired brushes are mostly used for watercolour or tempera painting, with bristle mainly for oils.
195. Y., which works mainly for ad agencies and is following a Nielsen-like model of audience measurement through random sampling.
196. Astra makes more sense as a public company than the Salim Group,[http://sentencedict.com/mainly.html] mainly because its core businesses are obvious and integrated.
197. Breeds mainly on sea cliffs or marine islands, more rarely on flat shores and inland.
198. With the passage of time attitudes changed and support grew, mainly from Baptists, non-Wesleyan Methodists and smaller Congregational chapels.
199. There was to be a show in the morning, mainly of street and casual wear.
200. These were mainly disposed along the main axis of the monument, with a number clustered on platforms raised on either side.
201. A third have also carried out environmental improvement work, mainly teacher instigated.
202. In 1990, 8799 children mainly aged 5 to 11 years were eligible for the study.
203. A highly qualified horticulturist found his responsible and mainly administrative post terribly exhausting after his hearing became impaired.
204. The amount of the annuity that will be taxable will depend mainly on her age when she buys the annuity.
205. Four other sources provided documents and information, mainly about warnings received before the bombing.
206. In it, she mainly blames women, saying some are too aggressive, and advises them to change their attitude.
207. Pulp the raw material used in paper making consisting mainly of wood chips, rags or other fibres.
208. It is mainly used for modelling, but can also be used for covering cakes.
209. The adhesion science and technology chapter includes adhesives and coatings, of course, but is mainly concerned with metal surface analysis.
210. The cryptocorynes occur mainly in cultures of single species on overgrown river beds and are exposed to the conditions of amphibious life.
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.