[
UK
/pɹaɪmˈɛɹəli/
]
[ US /pɹaɪˈmɛɹəɫi/ ]
[ US /pɹaɪˈmɛɹəɫi/ ]
ADVERB
-
for the most part
he is mainly interested in butterflies -
of primary import
this is primarily a question of economics
it was in the first place a local matter
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.
- Primarily they reproduce asexually, which they accomplish by binary fission, or simple cell division.
- He broke with the mainstream conservatism in the early 1960s, primarily over issues of foreign policy and military expansionism.
- 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.