[ UK /pɹa‍ɪmˈɛɹəli/ ]
[ US /pɹaɪˈmɛɹəɫi/ ]
ADVERB
  1. for the most part
    he is mainly interested in butterflies
  2. of primary import
    this is primarily a question of economics
    it was in the first place a local matter
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How To Use primarily In A Sentence

  • Several selections contain strings of double notes, primarily thirds and sixths.
  • Prior to the 19th century, the region's social structure - outside of a few major cities, including Baghdad - was organized primarily around relatively isolated tribal confederations.
  • No matter that there were no green beans or zucchinies or that bok choy is Asian not Mediterranean, minestrone is primarily a vegetable soup and so long as you have a couple of primary flavours right, the rest will take care of itself. At My Table
  • These effects are primarily due to the loss of any helper T cell that can interact with the B lymphocyte correctly.
  • Net interest income dropped to $256.4 million, primarily due to the low market-interest rates that resulted in lower yields on mortgage-related interest-earning assets as customers refinanced to lower mortgage rates and new loans and asset purchases were at the current low market interest rates. Hudson City Bancorp Swings to Loss
  • In some present-day music the individual syllables of words are used primarily for their sound quality and seem disconnected from the rest of the text.
  • The hot-cross buns are still iced by hand in the bakery, and the produce comes primarily from local growers in season.
  • Vertical circulation is primarily via lifts just inboard from these stairs, in a bull-nosed service tower sheathed in stainless steel.
  • Our study was powered primarily to look at the influence of bacterial vaginosis rather than chlamydial infection on miscarriage.
  • Myostatin is a member of the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) superfamily of growth and differentiation factors and is a primary regulator of muscle growth both pre - and postnatally, primarily via inhibition of myoblast proliferation and differentiation PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
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