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How to pronounce“mainly”in English

IPA/ˈmeɪnli/

Syllablesmain·ly

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That's it. Yes.

Mainly.

Oh, yes. We ate a lot of fish.

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adverb

Of a person or thing being the driving force influencing the outcome of an event; chiefly; certainly for the most part.

“She had Lord James' collar in one big fist and she pounded the table with the other and talked a blue streak. Nobody could make out plain what she said, for she was mainly jabbering Swede lingo, but there was English enough, of a kind, to give us some idee.”

Synonyms:in the main

adverb

Forcefully, vigorously.

“Such breadth of ſhoulders as might mainely beare Olde Atlas burthen, […]”

Synonyms:energetically powerfully strongly

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