1
obsolete
: in a forceful manner
2
: for the most part : chiefly
Examples of mainly in a Sentence
you mainly need to focus on improving your golf swing
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Third-degree burns cover 19% of the girlfriend’s skin, mainly on the right side of her body, according to prosecutors.
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Adrienne So, Wired News, 11 July 2025
This decline can be attributed mainly to the company revising its full fiscal year outlook (ending in June) in response to a slowdown in consumer demand.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Third-degree burns cover 19% of the girlfriend’s skin, mainly on the right side of her body, according to prosecutors.
—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2025
The company’s strategy has been to simulcast sports on HBO Max and its linear cable networks (mainly the Turner networks TNT, TBS and TruTV).
—Alex Sherman, CNBC, 11 July 2025
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“Mainly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mainly. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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