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# chiefly

adverb (chiefly)

«chiefly» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Chiefly means mainly or mostly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiefly/#m1)
2. Chiefly means above all, more than anything else. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiefly/#m2)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiefly/#x1)
- The class was chiefly worried about the test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiefly/#x2)
- Rainforests are found chiefly near the equator. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiefly/#x3)
- The cake is made chiefly of chocolate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiefly/#x4)
- Our town is known chiefly for its beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiefly/#x5)
- The trip was chiefly for fun. [tree →](https://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://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».

## In Jewish tradition

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

### Examples

- are chiefly based on this commentary and not on the original Safer Yet/.irah. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chiefly/#x1)
- The invention of such an alphabet as the Libyan must have con- sisted, chiefly of symbols for consonants, because vowel sym- (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chiefly/#x2)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chiefly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiefly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chiefly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chiefly.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «chiefly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chiefly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chiefly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/chiefly.html) on Mova free.