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principally
" It's funny: I'm a lifelong musician, but because I principally play the piano it's been a solitary thing."
Gary Oldman

Meaning of "principally" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PRINCIPALLY

ˈprɪnsɪpəlɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRINCIPALLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Principally is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES PRINCIPALLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of principally in the English dictionary

The definition of principally in the dictionary is mainly or most importantly.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRINCIPALLY

antimonopoly · archetypally · dapperly · duopoly · episcopally · Gallipoli · gospelly · improperly · monopoly · municipally · oedipally · oligopoly · papally · properly · pulpally · purply · ripply · Trichinopoly · tripoli · unproperly

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRINCIPALLY

principal · principal axis · principal boy · principal focus · principal nursing officer · principal parts · principalities · principality · principalness · principalship · Principat d´Andorra · principate · principia · principial · principium · principle · principle of economy · principle of indifference · principle of least action · principled

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRINCIPALLY

actually · additionally · automatically · basically · especially · eventually · finally · generally · historically · initially · literally · locally · normally · originally · pally · really · specifically · totally · typically · usually

Synonyms and antonyms of principally in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PRINCIPALLY»

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

Translation of «principally» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF PRINCIPALLY

Find out the translation of principally to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of principally from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «principally» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

最主要地
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

principalmente
570 millions of speakers
en

English

principally
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

मुख्यतः
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أساسا
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

принципиально
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

principalmente
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

প্রধানত
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

principalement
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Terutamanya
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

vornehmlich
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

主に
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

무엇보다도
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Principally
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chủ yếu
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

முக்கியமாக
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

प्रामुख्याने
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

prensip olarak
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

principalmente
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

głównie
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

принципово
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

în principal
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

prinsipielt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of principally

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRINCIPALLY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of principally
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «principally».

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «PRINCIPALLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word principally.
1
Bill Ackman
It is a certainty that Herbalife is a pyramid scheme. We believe it's harming a population of low-income, principally Hispanic people in the U.S. to benefit a handful of super wealthy people at the top of the pyramid.
2
Scott Anderson
The modern Middle East was largely created by the British. It was they who carried the Allied war effort in the region during World War I and who, at its close, principally fashioned its peace. It was a peace presaged by the nickname given the region by covetous British leaders in wartime: 'The Great Loot.'
3
Joseph Conrad
Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.
4
Robert Fortune
The plants are principally kept in large pots arranged in rows along the sides of narrow paved walks, with the houses of the gardeners at the entrance through which the visitors pass to the gardens.
5
Hans Frank
I worked as a lawyer; as a member of the teaching staff of a technical college; and then I worked principally as legal adviser to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Party.
6
Daniel Keys Moran
The federal debt in this country is principally of Republican design.
7
Gary Oldman
It's funny: I'm a lifelong musician, but because I principally play the piano it's been a solitary thing.
8
Frederick Reines
Our home had many books due principally to the educational interests of my sister and two brothers, all of whom where serious students engaged in professional studies; my sister became a doctor of medicine and my brothers became lawyers.
9
Antonin Scalia
If we're picking people to draw out of their own conscience and experience a 'new' Constitution, we should not look principally for good lawyers. We should look to people who agree with us. When we are in that mode, you realize we have rendered the Constitution useless.
10
Ravi Shankar
There are thousands of ragas, and they are all connected with different times of the day, like sunrise or night or sunset. It is all based on 72 of what we call 'mela' or scales. And we have principally nine moods, ranging from peacefulness to praying, or the feeling of emptiness you get by sitting by the ocean.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRINCIPALLY»

Discover the use of principally in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to principally and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Reports of cases principally on practice and pleading, ...
in Hilary, Easter, Trinity, and Michaelmas terms, A. D. 1819. With copious notes of other important decisions Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Joseph Chitty, Sir William Henry Ashurst, William Murray Mansfield (Earl of). 1819- Doe against ...
Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Joseph Chitty, Sir William Henry Ashurst, 1820
2
A History of England: Principally in the Seventeenth Century
Meticulously detailed and thoroughly comprehensive, this six-volume history of seventeenth-century England was first published in English in 1875.
Leopold von Ranke, 2010
3
Plays - A Collection of Thirty 18thcentury English Plays, ...
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Frederick Reynolds, 2008
4
Geological Fragments Collected Principally from Rambles ...
John Bolton. Cartmel Wharves and Humphrey Head to Hest Bank, so that Morecambe Bay would be very small indeed. Now, although we admit there has been a subsidence on this part of the coast to the extent recited above, there is also ...
John Bolton, 1869
5
Griffith Families: Being Principally the Descendants of ...
Descendants of William Griffith of Wales and Sarah Maccubbin Griffith; primarily in Montgomery and Frederick counties. H2073HB - $28.00
William Neal Hurley, 2002
6
Horae Homileticae: Or Discourses (principally in the Form of ...
In Twenty-one Volumes. 2 Timothy to Hebrews Charles Simeon. MMCCLXV. THE TRUE WAY OF PROMOTING GOOD WORKS. Tit. iii. 8. This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in  ...
Charles Simeon, 1833
7
Poems; principally on sacred subjects
The wants of the poor were principally supplied out of the produce of the demesne. The fleece and the sheaf were in a state of constant requisition, and the most effectual means were adopted for multiplying both. As the Bishop had a poor's ...
Robert Brown (of Douglas, Isle of Man.), 1826
8
Notes and narratives of a six years' mission, principally ...
His company was married people principally, he didn't like single ones. If you went along with Richardson you must behave yourselves, I can tell you, or you wouldn't do. "As to the rest, , (mentioning one,) and so on, it's quite different with them ...
R W. Vanderkiste, 1852
9
Proceedings, Principally in the County of Kent, in ...
PREFACE. The volume which is now offered to the Camden Society possesses many distinct and considerable claims to the attention of historical inquirers. That it contains valuable papers, before unpublished, which have reference to public ...
Lambert B. Larking, 1862
10
Conversations Principally on the Aborigines of North America
Elizabeth Elkins Sanders. each other in composing new songs for dances, and by a custom amongst them they must at least have one new song, for exhibition, at every annual busk. Their doleful moral songs or elegies, have a quick and ...
Elizabeth Elkins Sanders, 1828

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRINCIPALLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term principally is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Allison Transmission Announces Second Quarter 2015 Results
The decrease in net sales was principally driven by lower demand in the global Off-Highway and Defense end markets partially offset by the ... «Virtual Press Office, Jul 15»
2
Chance the Rapper: 'I once wanted Kanye West to be my dad'
Still, what continues to define Chance, above all else, is his unrelenting resolve: principally to do things his way, critics be damned. “You can ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Greencore records revenues of £986.3m for year-to-date
This was driven principally by the roll-out of new lines with our principal customers, Greencore said. The company's ingredients and property ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
4
Hillary Clinton promises to be the US' renewable energy president …
In 2014, about 67 percent of the electricity generated in the United States came from fossil fuels, principally coal, according to the Energy ... «The Tico Times, Jul 15»
5
Romania: risks on the rise
First, Romania is not immune to the problems in Greece, being principally affected through the banking system. There are four Greek-owned ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
6
Recent Investment Analysts' Ratings Changes for Remy …
The Company's products include starters, alternators, remanufactured engines, and fuel systems which are principally sold or distributed to ... «Dakota Financial News, Jul 15»
7
Manchester Royal Infirmary reopens A&E amid suspected Mers …
The outbreak killed 36 of the 186 people officially confirmed as infected, and spread principally within the country's hospital system after a ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
8
German financial supervisor implicates Deutsche Bank in Libor …
If the interest rate was artificially pushed up, mortgage owners and private creditors were principally affected. The Wall Street Journal calculated ... «World Socialist Web Site, Jul 15»
9
Fresh hurdle for Samsung group merger
... undervalued Samsung C&T and would transfer billions of dollars in value to Cheil shareholders — principally Samsung's founding Lee family ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
10
#360business: Chinese Super League's financial boom highlights …
“Building a sports industry in China – principally in football – has been a major policy of Xi Jinping's presidency and one of the best ways he ... «Sport360°, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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