principally

[US]/ˈprɪnsəplɪ/
[UK]/'prɪnsəpli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. mainly

Example Sentences

he was principally a landscape painter.

Our club was composed principally of students, with an admixture of young clerks.

He had married her principally for the sake of her father’s property.

A type of documenter used for the automatic production and maintenance of charts principally flowcharts.

Your host at De Gulden Baers is a real estate agent who principally sells historical houses.

"Although he's an engineer, he's principally employed in controlling a large business."

6. A type of documenter used for the automatic production and maintenance of charts principally flowcharts.

any of a group of cryptogamic organisms consisting principally of a thallus and thus showing no differentiation into stem and root and leaf.

Fruit sugar is obtained from sweet fruits, and is sold as diabetin, is sweeter than cane sugar, and is principally used by diabetic patients.

As I grow older I become increasingly forgetful. Less often the word is used as the equivalent ofunmindful, which applies principally to failure to keep in mind what should be remembered, as through deliberate oversight, heedlessness, or inattentiveness:

Real-world Examples

That's principally executed by international development organizations.

Source: VOA Standard English_Africa

He is principally concerned about how to improve his business.

Source: Lai Shixiong Basic English Vocabulary 2000

But he appears to be motivated principally by achieving better outcomes.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

There was a time when Russia's friends were principally on the left.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

But I don't think you are. - But principally, I'm on this hand.

Source: Connection Magazine

Principally they can try to educate more parents with good science rather than internet drivel.

Source: The Economist - International

SCIUTTO : Great power competition, talking principally about Russia, but also China?

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2018 Collection

It's still a phenomenon. It's still real, but it's principally driven by criminality.

Source: VOA Standard Speed March 2016 Compilation

Importantly, this new strategy is conditions-based, not time-based, because war is principally a matter of will.

Source: VOA Daily Standard October 2017 Collection

It's being seen in a very different light. And principally, it's a domestic thing here.

Source: NPR News April 2018 Collection

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