Chiefly [adverb]

This occurs on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, chiefly for hard-shell varieties such as littlenecks, razor, butter, and Manila clams.

Yet, we know it is chiefly the parents’ role to manage their children’s schedules, and online education should not be blamed when a parent fails to make sure their child gets enough time away from screens.

He chiefly divided his time between the House of Lords and sitting at home, lamenting over his own ill-starred existence.

He was aware—by her silence chiefly—of the new distance between them, a distance the mention of Tony had emphasised.

At the hotel he found the bench outside occupied chiefly by Jean.

It was a corso blanc, and everyone wore white—chiefly modifications of Pierrot costume—and everyone was masked.

A curious incident: during the night a Fleet-sweeper tied up alongside, full of wounded, chiefly Australians.

The distinction is based chiefly upon etiology, although each type presents a more or less distinctive blood-picture.

The decrease affects chiefly the polymorphonuclear cells, so that the lymphocytes are relatively increased.

These Orchestras are chiefly selected from the ranks of the people, of whom the artisan is the chief contributor.