Adverb
primarily (not comparable)
- (focus) Of a primary or central nature, first and foremost.
1951 October, H. C. Casserley, “Crane Engines”, in Railway Magazine, page 660:The idea of fitting a crane to an engine for shunting duties, primarily in works yards, appears to have originated with the North London Railway engine in 1872.
2015 January 1, Sarah Knapton, “Most cancers are caused by bad luck not genes or lifestyle, say scientists”, in The Telegraph:But now a study has shown that most cancers are primarily caused by bad luck rather than poor lifestyle choices or defective DNA.
2018 July 20, “Zika virus”, in World Health Organization:Zika virus disease is caused by a virus transmitted primarily by Aedes mosquitoes, which bite during the day.
2019 March 15, Keith Melrose, “Our leading tipsters give their fancy for the Cheltenham Gold Cup”, in The Racing Post:Some Gold Cups are won primarily with class, others with stamina.
Translations
of a primary or central nature
- Azerbaijani: birinci növbədə, əsasən, ilk növbədə
- Belarusian: галоўным чынам (halównym čynam), пераважна (pjeravažna)
- Bulgarian: главно (bg) (glavno), преди всичко (predi vsičko)
- Catalan: primàriament (ca)
- Crimean Tatar: esasen, esas olaraq, çoqusı
- Finnish: pääasiassa (fi), ensisijaisesti (fi), ennen muuta (fi), ennen kaikkea (fi)
- French: principalement (fr), essentiellement (fr), surtout (fr)
- Galician: primariamente
- German: hauptsächlich (de), in erster Linie (de)
- Hungarian: főként (hu), elsősorban (hu)
- Icelandic: aðallega (is), fyrst og fremst
- Italian: principalmente (it), fondamentalmente (it), primariamente (it)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: primært
- Nynorsk: primært
- Plautdietsch: hauptsechlich
- Romanian: în primul rând, înainte de toate, în principal
- Russian: гла́вным о́бразом (ru) (glávnym óbrazom)
- Spanish: primariamente
- Ukrainian: переважно (uk) (perevažno), головно (holovno)
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