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in the main

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Definitions

  1. Principally

    Principally; on the whole; for the most part.

    • […] I entirely agree with you in the main as to the propriety of doing everything one could by way of providing for a child one had in a manner taken into one's own hands; […]
    • Mr. Fechter has been in the main more accustomed to speak French than to speak English.
    • A new generation is growing up in our midst, […] and its enthusiasm, even when it is misdirected, is, I believe, in the main sincere.

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No curated loop yet for in the main. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA