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Webster 1913 Edition
Chiefly
Chief′ly
,adv.
1.
In the first place; principally; preëminently; above; especially.
Search through this garden; leave unsearched no nook;
But
But
chiefly
where those two fair creatures lodge. Milton.
2.
For the most part; mostly.
Those parts of the kingdom where the . . . estates of the dissenters
chiefly
lay. Swift.
Webster 1828 Edition
Chiefly
CHIEFLY
, adv.1.
Principally; eminently; in the first place.It chiefly concerns us to obey the divine precepts.
2.
For the most part.In the parts of the kingdom where the estates of the dissenters chiefly lay.