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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chiefly \Chief"ly\, adv 1. In the first place principally; pre["e]minently; above; especially. Search through this garden; leave unsearched no nook; But chiefly where those two fair creatures lodge. --Milton. 2. For the most part mostly. Those parts of the kingdom where the . . . estates of the dissenters chiefly lay. --Swift. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chiefly adv : for the most part "he is mainly interested in butterflies" [syn: {principally}, {primarily}, {mainly}, {in the main}]
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