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Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.
Franklin Pierce Adams

Meaning of "chiefly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CHIEFLY

chiefly  [ˈtʃiːflɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHIEFLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chiefly can act as an adjective and an adverb.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES CHIEFLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of chiefly in the English dictionary

The first definition of chiefly in the dictionary is especially or essentially; above all. Other definition of chiefly is in general; mainly; mostly. Chiefly is also of or relating to a chief or chieftain.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHIEFLY


aloofly
əˈluːflɪ
beautifully
ˈbjuːtɪflɪ
briefly
ˈbriːflɪ
Chifley
ˈtʃɪflɪ
deafly
ˈdɛflɪ
gruffly
ˈɡrʌflɪ
housewifely
ˈhaʊsˌwaɪflɪ
liefly
ˈliːflɪ
purfly
ˈpɜːflɪ
rifely
ˈraɪflɪ
roughly
ˈrʌflɪ
ruffly
ˈrʌflɪ
safely
ˈseɪflɪ
sniffly
ˈsnɪflɪ
snuffly
ˈsnʌflɪ
stiffly
ˈstɪflɪ
toughly
ˈtʌflɪ
unsafely
ʌnˈseɪflɪ
unwifely
ʌnˈwaɪflɪ
wifely
ˈwaɪflɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHIEFLY

chief state school officer
chief superintendent
chief technician
chief town
chief warrant officer
chief whip
chiefdom
chiefery
chiefess
chiefless
chiefling
chiefship
chieftain
chieftaincy
chieftainess
chieftainry
chieftainship

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHIEFLY

barfly
black fly
blowfly
butterfly
cranefly
dragonfly
dry fly
firefly
fly
fruit fly
horsefly
housefly
let fly
on the fly
overfly
refly
sandfly
sawfly
stonefly
whitefly

Synonyms and antonyms of chiefly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CHIEFLY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «chiefly» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of chiefly

Translation of «chiefly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHIEFLY

Find out the translation of chiefly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of chiefly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chiefly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

首要地
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

principalmente
570 millions of speakers

English

chiefly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मुख्यतः
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

على رأسها
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

главным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

principalmente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রধানত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

surtout
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terutamanya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hauptsächlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

主に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

주로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Utamane
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chủ yếu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரதானமாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मुख्यत्वेकरुन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

başlıca
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

soprattutto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

głównie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

головним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mai ales
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κυρίως
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoofsaaklik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

huvudsakligen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hovedsakelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chiefly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHIEFLY»

The term «chiefly» is quite widely used and occupies the 30.684 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of chiefly
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «chiefly».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHIEFLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «chiefly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «chiefly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chiefly

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10 QUOTES WITH «CHIEFLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word chiefly.
1
Lascelles Abercrombie
Traditional matter must be glorified, since it would be easier to listen to the re-creation of familiar stories than to quite new and unexpected things; the listeners, we must remember, needed poetry chiefly as the re-creation of tired hours.
2
Franklin Pierce Adams
Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.
3
Saint Ambrose
Nothing graces the Christian soul so much as mercy; mercy as shown chiefly towards the poor, that thou mayest treat them as sharers in common with thee in the produce of nature, which brings forth the fruits of the earth for use to all.
4
Kingsley Amis
He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was Catholic.
5
John James Audubon
I ate no butcher's meat, lived chiefly on fruits, vegetables, and fish, and never drank a glass of spirits or wine until my wedding day. To this I attribute my continual good health, endurance, and an iron constitution.
6
William Bartram
First I shall name the eagle, of which there are three species: the great grey eagle is the largest, of great strength and high flight; he chiefly preys on fawns and other young quadrupeds.
7
Arnold Bennett
Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels that in some paramount affairs he failed to take up the challenge of life.
8
Algernon H. Blackwood
It is, alas, chiefly the evil emotions that are able to leave their photographs on surrounding scenes and objects and whoever heard of a place haunted by a noble deed, or of beautiful and lovely ghosts revisiting the glimpses of the moon?
9
Jane Welsh Carlyle
'On earth the living have much to bear;' the difference is chiefly in the manner of bearing, and my manner of bearing is far from being the best.
10
Miguel de Cervantes
Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHIEFLY»

Discover the use of chiefly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chiefly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect
Robert Burns. Tarrow, to murmur at one's allowance Thowless, flack, pithless Thack an' raep, all kinds of necessaries, particularly clothes Thowe, thaw Tirl, to knock gently, to uncover Toyte, to walk like old age Trashtrie, trash W. Scawl ...
Robert Burns, 1786
2
Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer
In this collection of letters from C. S. Lewis to a close friend, Malcolm, we see an intimate side of Lewis as he considers all aspects of prayer and how this singular ritual impacts the lives and souls of the faithful.
C. S. Lewis, 2002
3
Researches, Chemical and Philosophical: Chiefly Concerning ...
"Davy discovered the anaesthetic properties of nitrous oxide and suggested its use during surgical operations ..."--Garrison-Morton.
Sir Humphry Davy, 1800
4
Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made ...
At first; it swept the whole side of the mountain, and charging itself with all the rubbish it found there, made it's way into the vale, following chiefly the direction of the Lissa. At the foot of the mountain it was received by a piece of arable ground  ...
William Gilpin, 1786
5
Memoirs of a Life, Chiefly Passed in Pennsylvania Within the ...
Alexander Graydon. •without sleeves (his summer costume) was (ftfetrt- cd much fitter to head a band of sickle-men or ditchers, than musketeers. He might be brave, kik) hud certainly an honest manliness about him ; but it was thought, and  ...
Alexander Graydon, 2009
6
Documents, Chiefly Unpublished, Relating to the Huguenot ...
This definitive work on the Huguenot emigration to Virginia contains lists of refugees and emigrants and several passenger lists, the longest and most valuable of which is a record of baptisms at Manakin-Town, 1721-1754, which gives the ...
Robert Alonzo Brock, Virginia Historical Society, 1886
7
Illustrations, (chiefly geographical), of the history of the ...
and the retreat of the ten thousand Greeks, from thence to Trebisonde, and Lydia. With an appendix, containing an enquiry into the best method of improving the geography of the Anabasis, &. Explained by three maps ... James Rennell.
James Rennell, 1816
8
Ecclesiastical Memorials relating chiefly to religion and ...
Thence, in the month of July, the said Ambassador wrote a letter to the Duke of Somerset, the Protector, of the news then stirring, chiefly in reference to the religion. " That the Emperor, " at the conclusion of the diet, was bent to cause the Pro- ...
John Strype, 1822
9
Everybody's Shakespeare: Reflections Chiefly on the Tragedies
Mack treats individually seven plays—Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Cesar, and Antony and Cleopatra—and demonstrates in each case how the play has retained its vitality, complexity, and appeal.
Maynard Mack, 1993
10
Old Sumerian and Old Akkadian Texts in Philadelphia, Chiefly ...
This book contains the 'Akkadian Texts' -- i.e. texts written in the Akkadian Language or script ductus -- the Enlilemaba Texts and the Onion Archive -- all three distinct archives from Nippur in Babylonia from the time of Naram-Sin and ...
Aage Westenholz, 1987

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHIEFLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chiefly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Why Greek Deal Looks Nearly Impossible
Tspiras argued that a "no" vote could give him a strong mandate to ask for specific concessions from the creditor institutions (chiefly a scheme ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»
2
Redblacks defenders doing their bit to keep winning streak alive
The Eskimos have their own roster issues, chiefly at quarterback, where Matt Nichols is expected to be behind centre in place of injured starter ... «Ottawa Citizen, Jul 15»
3
California exports hold amid increasing economic woes worldwide
However, exports of non-manufactured goods – chiefly agricultural produce and raw materials – declined by 5.5 percent, from $1.91 billion to ... «Sacramento Bee, Jul 15»
4
Ashes 2015: History almost repeats with boot on the other foot
It's on Cook, in fact, that England's hopes at Cardiff now chiefly depend — far more heavily than do Australia's prospects on his counterpart. «The Australian, Jul 15»
5
Marshall: Nuclear deal with Iran better than none
But if Iranian officials can compose their own differences -- chiefly by selling the deal to Khamenei -- America and the world would reap real ... «WDSU New Orleans, Jul 15»
6
White House ups pay to put solar panels on poor people's roofs
The Obama administration increased its goal of getting renewable energy, chiefly solar power, installed at federally subsidized housing to 300 ... «Washington Examiner, Jul 15»
7
Jacobs graduate Evan Jager rewriting US steeplechase record book
If Jager seems to challenge his U.S. record every race, it's chiefly because of conditioning. "I'm extremely happy with where I am at right now," ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
8
James Naughtie to leave BBC Radio 4's Today show
He will also take on the new role of books editor for BBC News, appearing chiefly on Radio 4, including a new book review slot on the Saturday ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
9
Earning Loyal Customers Means Understanding Their Habits
In conducting further consumer research and working with product engineers, marketers realized that people bought the product chiefly for the ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
10
2015 Women's World Cup: US victory shatters soccer TV records (+ …
... a long way since the 1999 team, who were regarded chiefly as a novelty and scrutinized for their looks and potential as role models for girls. «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»

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