Definitions

first of all

ADVERB

first off

Synonyms

WEAK

first thing firstly foremost immediately in the first place primo up front

ADVERB

principally

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 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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Because first of all, it just wasn’t that new to me.

From Salon

We need to back up and think, first of all, what is MAGA.

From Salon

"We need to understand what our problems are, first of all," he said.

From BBC

"I'm really disappointed first of all, because the effort that went in that second half performance was all character," Townsend told BBC Scotland.

From BBC

"But first of all, we need to be faster than McLaren from now to the end of the season."

From Barron's

first of all

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