CHIEFLY

chiefly. Chiefly, ad. principally, eminently, above all

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Chief″ly (?), adv. 1. 1. In the first place; principally; preëminently; above; especially.
Search through this garden; leave unsearched no nook; But chiefly where those two fair creatures lodge. Milton. 2. 2. For the most part; mostly.
Those parts of the kingdom where the . . . estates of the dissenters chiefly lay. Swift.