Associations to the word «Chiefly»

Wiktionary

CHIEFLY, adverb. (focus) especially or primarily; above all
CHIEFLY, adverb. (focus) mainly or principally; almost entirely
CHIEFLY, adjective. Of, or relating to a chief

Dictionary definition

CHIEFLY, adverb. For the most part; "he is mainly interested in butterflies".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne