primarily

adv
/ˈpɹaɪ.mə.ɹə.li/UK/pɹaɪˈmɛɹ.əli/CA/ˈpɹɑe.mə.ɹɪ.li/

Etymology

From primary + -ly.

  1. borrowed from prīmārius
  2. formed as primarily — “primary + -ly

Definitions

  1. Of a primary or central nature, first and foremost.

    • The idea of fitting a crane to an engine for shunting duties, primarily in works yards, appears to have originated with the North London Railway engine in 1872.
    • But now a study has shown that most cancers are primarily caused by bad luck rather than poor lifestyle choices or defective DNA.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for primarily. 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