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main·ly

mainly

 
 
pronunciation:
meIn li
part of speech: adverb
definition: If a cat eats mainly food from a can, then most of the food it eats is from a can. If a book is mainly about rocks, then most of the book is about rocks. Only a small part of the book is about something else.
Evan's sister is mainly interested in animals. She is not interested in many other things.People in South America speak mainly Spanish, but the people of Brazil don't speak Spanish. They speak Portuguese.
similar words:
generally, mostly