English Dictionary

mainly

/ˈmeɪnli/

adv

Chiefly; for the most part. / (obsolete) Forcefully, vigorously. / (obsolete) Of the production of a sound: loudly, powerfully. / (obsolete) To a great degree; very much.

He mainly focuses on his studies.

意味（1）

Chiefly; 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.

意味（2）

(obsolete) Forcefully, vigorously.

Such breadth of ſhoulders as might mainely beare

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意味（3）

(obsolete) Of the production of a sound: loudly, powerfully.

But in the end, mainly crying out, he fell to raling and wringing his master, upbraiding him that he was not a true Philosopher[…].

意味（4）

(obsolete) To a great degree; very much.