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# chiefly

«chiefly» in Mova's school dictionary: **mainly or mostly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (chiefly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Chiefly means mainly or mostly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiefly/#m1)

2) Chiefly means above all, more than anything else. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiefly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A slightly formal word in reading texts and science: «Pandas eat chiefly bamboo» means mostly bamboo. Everyday speech says «mainly» or «mostly».

### examples

- Pandas eat chiefly bamboo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiefly/#x1)
- The class was chiefly worried about the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiefly/#x2)
- Rainforests are found chiefly near the equator. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiefly/#x3)
- The cake is made chiefly of chocolate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiefly/#x4)
- Our town is known chiefly for its beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiefly/#x5)
- The trip was chiefly for fun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiefly/#x6)
- In making my selection I have chiefly tried to make the stories characteristic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiefly/#x7)

### note

Adverb from «chief» (main). Same meaning as «mainly», «mostly». It does not mean «like a chief».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chiefly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiefly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.