Definitions

principally

[prin-suh-puh-lee, -sip-lee] / ˈprɪn sə pə li, -sɪp li /

ADVERB

mainly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

basically chiefly first and foremost generally importantly largely mostly notably particularly predominantly

STRONG

primarily

WEAK

above all before anything else cardinally dominantly eminently especially essentially first of all for the most part fundamentally in the first place in the main materially peculiarly preeminently prevailingly prevalently substantially superlatively supremely to a great degree universally vitally

Antonyms

WEAK

secondarily trivially

Example Sentences

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Snider and team point out, though, that recent strength has been driven principally by a 16% surge in earnings-per-share growth estimates.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Their programs were not principally drill-and-kill exercises, but extended to mathematics, English composition, geography, history, and music — piano, violin, and choral programs.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Kafka’s posthumous fortune owes principally to the evangelism of his friend, Max Brod, who refused the author’s dying request to destroy his papers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

But for Wada Waziri, it is not principally a religious conflict.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

What I saw was principally field upon field rolling off into the far distance.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

principally

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