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1. primarily
adverb. ['praɪˈmɛrəli'] for the most part.
Synonyms
Etymology
- -ly (English)
- -lice (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- primary (English)
Rhymes with Primarily
- extraordinarily
- voluntarily
- secondarily
- momentarily
- customarily
- temporarily
- ordinarily
- necessarily
- militarily
- wearily
- warily
- merrily
- farrelly
How do you pronounce primarily?
Pronounce primarily as praɪˈmɛrəli.
US - How to pronounce primarily in American English
UK - How to pronounce primarily in British English
How do you spell primarily? Is it primarly ?
A common misspelling of primarily is primarly
Sentences with primarily
1. Adverb
Focus primarily on dirt spots and areas that are not as white as they should be.
Quotes about primarily
1. The success that Americans are said to worship is success of a specific sort: accomplished not through hard work, primarily, but through the ingenious angle, the big break. Sit down at a lunch counter, stand back up a star. Invest in a new issue and watch it soar. Split a single atom, win a war.
- Walter Kirn
2. Primarily, 'Black Girl/White Girl' is the story of two very different, yet somehow 'fated' girls; for Genna, her 'friendship' with Minette is the most haunting of her life, though it is one-sided and ends in tragedy.
- Joyce Carol Oates
3. I had the good fortune of speaking with Orson Wells many decades ago and he said 'Success is primarily luck anyway.' And I have been very lucky. Of course, Orson Wells was enormously talented and brilliant - so who am I to argue with him!
- George Kennedy