chiefly

Everyday

1. Chiefly means mainly or mostly. tree →
2. Chiefly means above all, more than anything else. tree →

In the lessons

A slightly formal word in reading texts and science: «Pandas eat chiefly bamboo» means mostly bamboo. Everyday speech says «mainly» or «mostly».

Examples

• Pandas eat chiefly bamboo. tree →
• The class was chiefly worried about the test. tree →
• Rainforests are found chiefly near the equator. tree →
• The cake is made chiefly of chocolate. tree →
• Our town is known chiefly for its beach. tree →
• The trip was chiefly for fun. tree →
• In making my selection I have chiefly tried to make the stories characteristic. tree →

Note

Adverb from «chief» (main). Same meaning as «mainly», «mostly». It does not mean «like a chief».

In Jewish tradition

A slightly formal word in reading texts and science: «Pandas eat chiefly bamboo» means mostly bamboo. Everyday speech says «mainly» or «mostly».

Examples

• are chiefly based on this commentary and not on the original Safer Yet/.irah. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• The invention of such an alphabet as the Libyan must have con- sisted, chiefly of symbols for consonants, because vowel sym- (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

Adverb from «chief» (main). Same meaning as «mainly», «mostly». It does not mean «like a chief».