Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - mainly
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Mainly
mainly
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use mainly when mentioning the main reason or thing involved in something. The stockmarket scandal is refusing to go away, mainly because there’s still no consensus over how it should be dealt with... The birds live mainly on nectar. = primarily ADV: ADV with cl/group, ADV with v 2. You use mainly when you are referring to a group and stating something that is true of most of it. The African half of the audience was mainly from Senegal or Mali... The spacious main bedroom is mainly blue. = mostly ADV: ADV with group
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adverb Date: 13th century 1. obsolete in a forceful manner 2. for the most part ; chiefly ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. главным образом, в основном you are mainly to blame —- в основном виноват ты (сам) 2. большей частью the people who came were mainly women —- среди пришедших было больше женщин ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ adv as the largest or most important reason, thing, part of something etc (Her illness was caused mainly by worry and stress. | The workforce is mainly made up of women. | the mainly Zulu Inkatha Freedom Party) sentence adverb ("What did you do all evening?" "Well, we just talked mainly." | mainly because) (I don't go out much, mainly because I have to look after the kids. | mainly due to (=caused to a great degree by)) (Increased sales during the summer were mainly due to tourism. | mainly why/what/how spoken) (Boredom was mainly why I decided to quit.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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