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• (chiefly US) The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey.From the entry plopter
• Chiefly, I suspect, it's because we want to try out the Soldier's new parachute.2014, Phil Savage, Team Fortress 2's 'Love and War' update out now, PC Gamer. From the entry crit
• The body length of adult triclads (Tricladida) chiefly exceeds 6 mm.2014, György Kriska, Freshwater Invertebrates in Central Europe: A Field Guide, Springer, page 36. From the entry triclad
• Archaeologists are good at identifying chiefly societies in several orthodox ways.2013, George F. Lau, “Familiar Others: Kin, Collectivity and Authority”, in Ancient Alterity in the Andes: A Recognition of Others…. From the entry sumptuaries
• The parties organise chiefly around two activities: choosing a 'presidentiable' and electing MPs.1995, John Gaffney, Lorna Milne, French Presidentialism and the Election of 1995. From the entry presidentiable
• This, chiefly because of its interdisputes and then because of the barbarian onslaughts on their countries.1987, Salīm Wākīm, Iran, the Arabs, and the West: the story of twenty-five centuries. From the entry interdispute
• Some rely chiefly on computers and charts, while others are more likely to trust their seat-of-the-pants judgment.1984 January 9, Charles Alexander, Frederick Ungeheuer, “The Billion-Dollar Boys”, in Time. From the entry seat-of-the-pants
• They lived chiefly on fish and roots, with now and then a delicacy such as grasshopper pie.1964, Robert Edgar Riegel, Robert G. Athearn, America Moves West, page 299. From the entry grasshopper pie
• The off-trail novel has a slim chance here, and fantasy will be limited chiefly to science fiction.1953, The Writer, volumes 66-67, page 30. From the entry off-trail
• The vegetation on this plateau is chiefly vaal and rosyntjiebos, with areas of swarthaak and Karroo veld.1947, Journal of the South African Veterinary Medical Association, page 156. From the entry swarthaak
• The following sentences are intended as a review exercise in both adverbs and adjectives, the former chiefly.1941, John B[aker] Opdycke, “Adverb”, in Harper’s English Grammar, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, part one, pages 257–258. From the entry wildlier
• We intend to make notes of all the values and chiefly of the big ones.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London. From the entry soft
• The gait of a cerebellar patient in the majority of cases is chiefly trunkal.1923, Nelson loose-leaf living medicine, volume 6, page 438. From the entry trunkal
• Eunuchs were chiefly employed in the harems of the king, and his satraps.1922, Maneckji Nusservanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization, page 222. From the entry satrap
• Here you dejeunered, and listened chiefly to P.J. telling Victor just how much Verlaine was over-rated.1919 May 29, “Egotism”, in The China Mail, number 17,476, Hong Kong, page 4, column 3. From the entry dejeuner
• The Candelabra-tree is chiefly interesting for its appearance, which perfectly resembles an immense candelabra ready for illumination.1907, Marie Robinson Wright, The New Brazil, page 157. From the entry candelabra tree
• The parson's part in the dialogue was chiefly remonstrative as to the necessity of Ned's variegated adjectives.1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry remonstrative
• Lord Shelburne admits that he read a great deal, chiefly "out of the waybooks of science and pompous poetry."2018, James Alexander Lovat-Fraser, John Staurt Earl of Bute, page 95. From the entry waybook
• Van Hoen produced music throughout the '80s, taking inspiration chiefly from Cabaret Voltaire and kosmische acts like Tangerine Dream.2013 April 22, Angus Finlayson, “Mark van Hoen: Playing with time”, in Resident Advisor. From the entry kosmische
• The JUSE organization proper is chiefly involved in arranging logistics for its activities rather than being the source of quality knowledge.2007, Four Practical Revolutions in Management, →ISBN. From the entry JUSE
• The therapist was mortified and chiefly felt guilty, unsure whether she had been looking down her patient's cleavage or not.2003, Chess Denman, Sexuality: A Biopsychosocial Approach, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN. From the entry cleavage
• Until recently, ringlights have been chiefly associated with technical illustration, such as close-up photography in medicine and dentistry.1980, David Brooks, Carl Shipman, Theodore DiSante, How to control & use photographic lighting, →ISBN, page 132. From the entry ringlight
• Like a weary insomniac, France too greeted the relieving dawn chiefly longing for one thing only – repose.1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 24. From the entry relieving
• This was a linen square for practical use as a handkerchief or tablenapkin, chiefly by common folk and children.1972, Cunnington, C. Willett, Handbook of English costume in the seventeenth century, Plays, inc, page 77. From the entry tablenapkin
• This collection was chiefly obtained from schoolchildren in Chin-hua in Chekiang province, the seat of the aboriginal Yao culture.1965, Richard M. Dorson, “Foreword”, in Folktales of China, →LCCN, →OCLC, page xxix. From the entry Chin-hua
• Follies chorus girls, chiefly the ponies and mediums.1941, Thoda Cocroft, Great Names and how They are Made, page 140. From the entry pony
• He reads largely religious books, chiefly the Gita and Upanishads.1923 December 16, “Gandhi spends his time”, in Time. From the entry Koran
• At all events, the sarcophagic and stercophagic insects are attracted to their food chiefly, if not entirely, by odour.1923, Dan McKenzie, “Sense of Olfaction in Lower Animals”, in Aromatics and the Soul: A Study of Smells, William Heinemann (Medical…. From the entry stercophagic
• The gull subsists chiefly on limpets and other shell-bearing mollusks.1922 April, Robert Cushman Murphy, “South Georgia, An Outpost of the Antarctic”, in National Geographic, volume 41, number 4, page 429. From the entry break-bones
• In Siam they are found chiefly on the Menam and Meklawng rivers, living in separate villages and maintaining their own customs.1917, Robert Halliday, The Talaings, →OCLC, page 2. From the entry Talaing
• War has been made splendid in all its red-handedness chiefly because it trains to teamwork and develops devotion to the group.1914, Walter Rauschenbusch, Christianizing the Social Order, page 169. From the entry red-handedness
• Their modern rerecognition has come chiefly through the Swedish sources.1913, Lewellyn F. Barker, Smith Ely Jelliffe, “XVIII: Neuroses”, in Frank Billings, editor, Forchheimer's Therapeusis of Internal…. From the entry rerecognition
• At the tumour period the diagnosis is easier, and the differential diagnosis chiefly concerns cutaneous lymphadenia and sarcoma.1910, Ernest Gaucher, Charles Frederic Marshall, Diseases of the skin: including radiotherapy and radiumtherapy. From the entry lymphadenia
• The functions were chiefly remarkable, not for sport, but for diluted tea and cake and a tremendosity of luscious local girl.1909 October 16, “Pithy Pars”, in The Critic, volume V, number 220, page 3, column 1. From the entry tremendosity
• Even though I might consider myself a local, I will always be seen as a gweipo, chiefly because of the colour of my skin.2016 May 4, Christine Cappio(張雪婷), Gweimui's Hong Kong Story, 商務(香港)印書館, →ISBN. From the entry Hongkonger
• The early adopters, chiefly the semiconductor community, used the instruments to check their production processes and to fault-find when things had gone wrong.2015, David C. Cox, Introduction to Focused Ion Beam Nanometrology. From the entry faultfind
• The Hawaiian goose or nene (Branta sandvicensis) is perhaps chiefly celebrated for the great success with which it has been reared in captivity.2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 82. From the entry Hawaiian goose
• Alternatively, if you plan to listen chiefly to cassettes, you might consider a "casseiver," which combines a receiver and a cassette deck.1990 January, Ian G. Masters, “Systems for Small Spaces”, in Stereo Review, volume 55, number 1, page 75. From the entry casseiver

Meaning of chiefly

1. adverb Especially or primarily; above all.
2. adverb Mainly or principally; almost entirely.
3. adjective Of or relating to a chief.

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How do you use chiefly in a sentence?

Chiefly is used as an adverb and adjective. For example: “Their relationship is chiefly professional.”

What is a short sentence with chiefly?

“Their relationship is chiefly professional.”

What does chiefly mean?

Chiefly means especially or primarily; above all.