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obsolete
: in a forceful manner
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: for the most part : chiefly
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Examples of mainly in a Sentence
you mainly need to focus on improving your golf swing
Recent Examples on the Web
The artworks, also known as petroglyphs, mainly included reindeer and elk.
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 3 June 2024
Whereas human vision mainly relies on receptor cells in the retina – rods and three types of cones – smell is experienced through about 400 types of receptor cells in the nose.
—Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 30 May 2024
After a hurricane in 1926, which damaged commercial lime crops in the Keys, Key limes have mainly been imported from Central America or Mexico.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 29 May 2024
The group has been using air balloons for years and reportedly mainly consist of North Korean defectors living in Seoul who are trying to inform the people of North Korea.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 29 May 2024
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 3 June 2024
Whereas human vision mainly relies on receptor cells in the retina – rods and three types of cones – smell is experienced through about 400 types of receptor cells in the nose.
—Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 30 May 2024
After a hurricane in 1926, which damaged commercial lime crops in the Keys, Key limes have mainly been imported from Central America or Mexico.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 29 May 2024
The group has been using air balloons for years and reportedly mainly consist of North Korean defectors living in Seoul who are trying to inform the people of North Korea.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 29 May 2024
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“Mainly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mainly. Accessed 7 Jun. 2024.
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