chiefly
part of speech
adverb (chiefly)
meaning for a pupil
1) Chiefly means mainly or mostly. tree →
2) Chiefly means above all, more than anything else. tree →
sense 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 →
- The class was chiefly worried about the test. tree →
- Rainforests are found chiefly near the equator. tree →
- The cake is made chiefly of chocolate. tree →
- Our town is known chiefly for its beach. tree →
- The trip was chiefly for fun. tree →
- In making my selection I have chiefly tried to make the stories characteristic. tree →
note
Adverb from «chief» (main). Same meaning as «mainly», «mostly». It does not mean «like a chief».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «chiefly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.