Dictionary Definition
primarily adv
1 for the most part; "he is mainly interested in
butterflies" [syn: chiefly, principally, mainly, in the
main]
2 of primary import; "this is primarily a
question of economics"; "it was in the first place a local matter"
[syn: in the
first place] [ant: secondarily]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adverb
primarily- Of a primary or central nature, first and foremost
Translations
- Finnish: pääasiassa, ensisijaisesti
- Icelandic: aðalega, fyrst og fremst
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
a fortiori, ab initio, ab ovo, aborigine, above all, all the
more, at bottom, at first, at heart, at the core, at the start, au
fond, basically,
before everything, chiefly, dominantly, especially, essentially, even, ever so, first, first and foremost, first
of all, first thing, firstly, from the beginning,
fundamentally,
generally, in chief,
in essence, in itself, in substance, in the beginning, in the main,
indeed, initially, largely, mainly, materially, more than ever,
mostly, never so, no end,
on the whole, originally, overall, particularly, peculiarly, per se, predominantly, primitively, primo, principally, still more,
substantially,
yea