: mainly or mostly — used to identify the most important part of something, reason for something, etc. ▪ We're chiefly concerned with protecting the environment. ▪ His greatest works—chiefly those written between 1640 and 1685—are still read today. ▪ an animal that hunts chiefly by smell ▪ The disease occurs chiefly in children. ▪ The rock is composed chiefly of quartz.
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