How to Use chiefly in a Sentence

chiefly

adverb

• For his part the man likes chiefly the sound of them, in Pearl’s rag of a voice.
  — Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
• His mind seemed elsewhere, chiefly on the war in Ukraine.
  — Roger Cohen, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2023
• The next chapters in life deal chiefly with giving and receiving.
  — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2023
• Media rights — chiefly, television contracts — take up a big share of the pie.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Dec. 2022
• The green and gold turn up once in a while in the original series, chiefly through Red's obsession with the Pack during the not-so-great 1970s years.
  — Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2023
• The school is hustling to meet future demand, chiefly through the addition of high-rise dorms and apartments.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2023
• To date, their war chest weighs in at more than $20 million, raised chiefly from independent oil and gas drillers.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2022
• This would be chiefly the inflicting of pain, toilets, and schadenfreude.
  — Michael Hofmann, The New York Review of Books, 28 Sep. 2023
• The method is used chiefly for an old tuberculosis test.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022
• These are fees charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that are chiefly based on a homebuyer's credit score and the size of a down payment.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2023
• For the first time, the 53-year-old, his wife, two daughters and in-laws could enjoy the simple pleasure of a slightly chilled living room, due chiefly to a small pay raise.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2023
• True to this direction, Donda 2, the sequel to last year’s Donda, is not chiefly concerned with the music.
  — Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 10 Feb. 2024
• The color is of great variety and beauty and is chiefly distinguished by the use of soft tones and startling new contrasts.
  — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2022
• Still, the impact to borrowing costs in coming months will depend chiefly on the -- as yet undetermined -- pace of the Fed's rate hikes.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 27 July 2022
• Bloom didn’t rule out adding rental players, but the Sox are chiefly interested in longer-term additions.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
• After all, there is a widespread perception in the group that the roots of the country’s troubles lie chiefly in the ruling regime’s mismanagement.
  — Lautaro Grinspan, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2024
• These programs are recognized chiefly by the Emmy Awards, which have been given out every year since 1949.
  — cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022
• Humans had cut down the old pine trees, chiefly Longleaf Pine, that the birds excavate cavities in for roosting and nesting.
  — Robert Kunzig, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
• Democrats instead face other questions — chiefly, how far to go legislatively and when to act.
  — Seth Klamann, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2024
• On the evidence of the essay, the ineffable atmosphere is chiefly composed of hot air.
  — Mark Athitakis, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
• Maybe that’s why Pascal now seems chiefly concerned with making those around him feel comfortable.
  — WIRED, 9 Jan. 2023
• Alongside its fight with Hamas, Israel is fighting another battle: to convince the world, and chiefly the United States, that this is a just war.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2023
• The move was a deliberate attempt to force Democrats to go on the record on a measure that requires the detention of any migrant with a record of theft, and 37 Democrats — chiefly from swing districts — backed it.
  — Deirdre Walsh, NPR, 8 Mar. 2024
• Its name is less well known than that of Auschwitz or Treblinka chiefly because so few people—under ten, out of more than half a million sent there—survived it.
  — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
• Singer, songwriter and social activist Bono, narrates his own memoir, a book that will appeal chiefly to his fans.
  — Katherine A. Powers, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2022
• The choice to date someone with similar values seems chiefly about feeling like a major part of your identity is being shared.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 25 July 2023
• But his pitch mix — which was chiefly his mid-90s four-seamer and changeup in his debut — has been altered, with heavy usage of his slider since returning.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
• The governor also made the case for expanding Colorado’s transit options, chiefly with a passenger rail along the Front Range.
  — Washington Examiner, 13 Jan. 2024
• Haley, by contrast, won 86% of those looking chiefly for a candidate with the right temperament.
  — Gary Langer, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2024
• The hearing Friday focused chiefly on the measure’s background check provision.
  — oregonlive, 23 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024