used to show that a statement is true to a large degree:
The people in the hotel were mainly foreign tourists. * an advertising campaign aimed mainly at teenagers * The population almost doubles in summer, mainly because of the jazz festival. * 'Where do you export to?' 'France, mainly.' * During the day it'll become mainly dry with clear skies.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for mainly is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is mainly a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, mainly is tagged as adverb.
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