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Principally definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRIN'CIPALLY, adv. Chiefly; above all.
They mistake the nature of criticism, who think its business is principally to find fault.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: for the most part; "he is mainly interested in butterflies" [syn: chiefly, principally, primarily, mainly, in the main]

Merriam Webster's

adverb see principal I

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adv. for the most part; chiefly.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Principally Prin"ci*pal*ly, adv. In a principal manner; primarily; above all; chiefly; mainly.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Principally means more than anything else. This is principally because the major export markets are slowing... = chiefly, mainly ADV: ADV with cl/group

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

ad. Chiefly, mainly, especially, particularly, above all.

Moby Thesaurus

above all, at bottom, basically, chiefly, especially, essentially, first and foremost, fundamentally, in essence, in the main, largely, mainly, mostly, on the whole, overall, particularly, predominantly, primarily