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Definition of Chiefly

Chiefly
Chiefly Chief"ly, adv. 1. In the first place; principally; pre["e]minently; above; especially. Search through this garden; leave unsearched no nook; But chiefly where those two fair creatures lodge. --Milton. 2. For the most part; mostly. Those parts of the kingdom where the . . . estates of the dissenters chiefly lay. --Swift.

Meaning of Chiefly from wikipedia

- Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer is a book by C. S. Lewis, published posthumously in 1964. The book takes the form of a series of letters to a fictional...
- Poems, Chiefly Lyrical is a poetry collection by Alfred Tennyson, published in June 1830. The poems are fifty-six in number: Claribel. Lilian. Isabel...
- "Chiefly About War Matters", originally credited "by a Peaceable Man", is an 1862 essay by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. The essay was inspired...
- "Say 'uncle'!" is a chiefly North American expression demanding that the opponent in a contest submit. The response "Uncle!" is equivalent to "Mercy!"...
- are wooden boxes or crates of varying sizes with holes on each end used chiefly in film production. These boxes are specialized pieces of equipment belonging...
- Fustian is a variety of heavy cloth woven from cotton, chiefly prepared for menswear. Known in Late Latin as fustaneum or fustanum and in Medieval Latin...
- between crows and ravens; the two names are ****igned to different species chiefly based on their size. The largest raven species are the common raven and...
- Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, commonly known as the Kilmarnock Edition, is a collection of poetry by the Scottish poet Robert Burns, first printed...
- title used by male Fijians of chiefly rank. An equivalent title, adi (pronounced [ˈandi]), is used by females of chiefly rank. In the Malay language, the...
- entering a religious order; such a person then typically becomes known chiefly by that name. The order given name – family name, commonly known as Western...