Antonyms for principally
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : prin-suh-puh-lee, -sip-lee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɪn sə pə li, -sɪp li |
Definition of principally
Origin :- mid-14c., "mostly, mainly; most importantly," from principal (adj.) + -ly (2). Late 14c. as "first of all." Meaning "for the most part" attested by 1832.
- adv mainly
- I landed twice in this way, but the danger was principally in the first affair.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- The giver and the accepter are principally answerable in an unjust donation.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- I am told that these people now on board are principally from the South of England?
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
- Education was principally for those who expected to become priests or monks.
- Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
- During the collation the conversation was principally military.
- Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
- He has something of the King about him, principally in his glance and smile.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete » by Madame La Marquise De Montespan
- This plant is found on rich lawns recently manured, but principally on dung.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- It's principally on his account that I'm tryin' to stick it out for the month.
- Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Nellie did most of the talking thereafter; principally about George, and why he did not come.
- Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- I refused to say Thursday, principally because he had said it first.
- Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
Synonyms for principally
- above all
- basically
- before anything else
- cardinally
- chiefly
- dominantly
- eminently
- especially
- essentially
- first and foremost
- first of all
- for the most part
- fundamentally
- generally
- importantly
- in the first place
- in the main
- largely
- materially
- mostly
- notably
- particularly
- peculiarly
- predominantly
- preeminently
- prevailingly
- prevalently
- primarily
- substantially
- superlatively
- supremely
- to a great degree
- universally
- vitally
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