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Pronunciation
- /ˈpɹaɪ.mə.ɹə.li/ (Received-Pronunciation, traditional)
- /ˈpɹɑe.mə.ɹɪ.li/ (Australia)
- /pɹaɪˈmɛɹ.əli/ (Received-Pronunciation, common)
- /pɹaɪˈmɛɹ.əli/ (Canada, General-American)
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- /ˈpɹaɪ.mɛɹ.ə.li/ (Canada, General-American)
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Etymology
Etymology tree English primary Middle English -ly English -ly English primarily From primary + -ly.
Meanings
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(focus, not-comparable) Of a primary or central nature, first and foremost.
These spectacles aren't calls for a Hobbesian war of all against all by some insurgent movement that, however dangerous, would have First Amendment protection. They're driven primarily by institutions that we as sovereign citizens created to serve our purposes.
2013 January 25, Jim Sleeper, Daniel J. H. Greenwood, “To Stop Gun Violence, We Need to Remember We Can Regulate Corporate Speech and Advertising”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2014: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.
1951 October, H. C. Casserley, “Crane Engines”, in Railway Magazine, page 660:But now a study has shown that most cancers are primarily caused by bad luck rather than poor lifestyle choices or defective DNA.
2015 January 1, Sarah Knapton, “Most cancers are caused by bad luck not genes or lifestyle, say scientists”, in The Telegraph, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2015:Zika virus disease is caused by a virus transmitted primarily by Aedes mosquitoes, which bite during the day.
2018 July 20, “Zika virus”, in World Health Organization, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2019:Some Gold Cups are won primarily with class, others with stamina.
2019 March 15, Keith Melrose, “Our leading tipsters give their fancy for the Cheltenham Gold Cup”, in The Racing Post, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2024:
Synonyms
chiefly · by and large · for the most part · above all
Translations (38)
is aðallega (of a primary or central nature) · pdt hauptsechlich (of a primary or central nature) · nn primært (of a primary or central nature) · az ilk növbədə (of a primary or central nature) · ro în principal (of a primary or central nature) · ro înainte de toate (of a primary or central nature) · crh esasen (of a primary or central nature) · ca primàriament (of a primary or central nature) · az birinci növbədə (of a primary or central nature) · it fondamentalmente (of a primary or central nature) · hu főként (of a primary or central nature) · ro în primul rând (of a primary or central nature) · ru гла́вным о́бразом (of a primary or central nature) · de in erster Linie (of a primary or central nature) · es primariamente (of a primary or central nature) · be галоўным чынам (of a primary or central nature) · is fyrst og fremst (of a primary or central nature) · uk переважно (of a primary or central nature) · fr surtout (of a primary or central nature) · fi ennen muuta (of a primary or central nature) · nb primært (of a primary or central nature) · de hauptsächlich (of a primary or central nature) · gl primariamente (of a primary or central nature) · uk головно (of a primary or central nature) · crh esas olaraq (of a primary or central nature) · fi pääasiassa (of a primary or central nature) · bg главно (of a primary or central nature) · fi ensisijaisesti (of a primary or central nature) · be пераважна (of a primary or central nature) · hu elsősorban (of a primary or central nature) · crh çoqusı (of a primary or central nature) · fi ennen kaikkea (of a primary or central nature) · fr essentiellement (of a primary or central nature) · bg преди всичко (of a primary or central nature) · fr principalement (of a primary or central nature) · az əsasən (of a primary or central nature) · it primariamente (of a primary or central nature) · it principalmente (of a primary or central nature)