mainly
pronunciation
How to pronounce mainly in British English:
UK [ˈmeɪnli]
How to pronounce mainly in American English:
US [ˈmeɪnli]
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- Adverb:
- for the most part
Word Origin
- mainly (adv.)
- late 13c., "vigorously," from main (adj.) + -ly (2). Meaning "especially" is from c. 1400; that of "for the most part" is from 1660s.
Example
- 1. Its cars are sold mainly in the u.s. , though .
- 2. Softbank uses mainly ericsson equipment but some others also , " he says .
- 3. This alphabet soup mainly had to do with how the eu manages its books .
- 4. Such sentences mainly give us afeelingfor what they 're about .
- 5. Palmore assumes that the bacteria mainly traveled on the hands of doctors .