Definitions of primarily [ɪˈmɛər ə li, -ˈmɛr-, ˈpraɪ mɛr ə li, -mər ə-]

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Definition of 'primarily'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adv.) primarily
essentially; chiefly:
Their income is primarily from farming.

2. primarily
at first; originally:
Primarily a doctor, he later turned to teaching.

Etymology: (1610–20)

Definition of 'primarily'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adverb) chiefly, principally, primarily, mainly, in the main
for the most part
"he is mainly interested in butterflies"

2. (adverb) primarily, in the first place
of primary import
"this is primarily a question of economics"; "it was in the first place a local matter"

Definition of 'primarily'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adverb) primarily
mainly or mostly
The books are aimed primarily at children.

Definition of 'primarily'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adverb) primarily
in a primary manner; in the first place; in the first place; in the first intention; originally

Translation of 'primarily'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: chiefly; in the first place I wrote the play primarily as a protest, and only secondarily as entertainment.
Afrikaans: in die eerste plek	Arabic: بِصورَةٍ رَئيسِيَّه، في ا	Bulgarian: главно
Brazilian: principalmente	Czech: především	German: in erster Linie
Danish: først og fremmest	Greek: πρωτίστως	Spanish: principalmente; en primer
Estonian: eeskätt	Farsi: در درجه اول؛ اساساً	Finnish: pääasiassa
French: principalement	Hebrew: בְּעִיקָר	Hindi: मुख्यत:, मूख्य रूप से
Hungarian: elsősorban; eredetileg	Indonesian: terutama	Icelandic: fyrst og fremst
Italian: principalmente	Japanese: 主として	Korean: 주로
Lithuanian: pirmiausia, visų pirma	Latvian: vispirms; sākumā; galveno	Malay: terutamanya
Dutch: voornamelijk	Norwegian: hovedsakelig, først og fr	Polish: przede wszystkim
Persian: در درجه اول؛ اساساً	Pashto: په لومړى درجه	Portuguese: principalmente
Romanian: în primul rând	Russian: главным образом	Slovak: predovšetkým
Slovenian: najprej, predvsem	Serbian: pre svega	Swedish: i första hand, huvudsakli
Thai: แรกเริ่ม	Turkish: aslında, esasında	Taiwanese: 起初，首先
Ukrainian: перед усім; головним чино	Urdu: بنيادي طور پر	Vietnamese: chủ yếu
Chinese: 起初，首先
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