Primarily

Definition: Primarily

Primarily

Adverb

1. For the most part; "he is mainly interested in butterflies".

2. Of primary import; "this is primarily a question of economics"; "it was in the first place a local matter".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "primarily" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Synonyms: Primarily

Crosswords: Primarily

Thanks primarily to you, I am happy to say that the first phase of our operation has met with considerable success (The Spy Who Loved Me; writing credit: Christopher Wood)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Compagnie Nationale de Navigation (CNN) SA primarily: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The World Market for Vegetable Materials Used Primarily for Stuffing or Padding Including Kapok, Vegetable Hair, and Eelgrass: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

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Books

• Primarily Poetry - Poetry Lessons for Grades K-3 (reference)

• Primarily Portfolios (reference)

• Primarily Problem Solving - Creative Problem Solving Activities (reference)

• Primarily Puppets (reference)

• Primarily Research (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A distinguishing characteristic of biofilms is the presence of extracellular polymeric substances, primarily polysaccharides, surrounding and encasing the cells. Here, these polysaccharides have been visualized by scanning electron microscopy. Credit: CDC.

First recognized in the 1930s, Venezuelan Encephalitis has been responsible for numerous outbreaks of febrile illnesses and encephalitis involving thousands of humans and hundreds of thousands of equines, primarily in tropical America. Credit: CDC.

The Dasht-e Kevir, or Great Salt Desert, is the largest desert in Iran. It is a primarily uninhabited wasteland, composed of mud and salt marshes covered with crusts of salt that protect the meager moisture from completely evaporating. Credit: NASA.

Major General Ormsby M. Mitchel Famous astronomer - worked with Coast Survey on retainer Primarily involved with development of telegraphic determination of longitude. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Early magnetic profiles from PIONEER surveys Shows repeating pattern and offset at Mendocino Fracture Zone Serendipitous that survey lines primarily east-west Otherwise magnetic striping would not have showed clearly. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Natural marsh area primarily Spartina. Critical habitat for shrimp, crabs, and many game and commercial fish species. Credit: America's Coastlines.

The Clean Air Facility where much of NOAA's South Pole Station work is done This facility is used primarily for atmospheric sampling. The samples are analyzed for greenhouse gas content. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Retrieving a gillnet from the water, the mesh is 1&1/2". The catch is primarily white perch. The gillnets are experimental multi-mesh gillnets. All nets are connected to a string of nets containing different size mesh between 1&1/2", 2&1/2", and 3&1/2" mesh. Gillnets are made with a lead line that sinks to the bottom and a float line that keeps the net just below the surface of the water. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

A juvenile American Lobster in natural cobble habitat in Rhode Island waters. The blue coloring in lobsters is thought to occur when the crustacean eats primarily one type of food in the lab. However, blue lobsters are occasionally found in the wild as a genetic anomaly. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve. Close-up of a Golden Silk female spider. The females of this species can range between 30 to 40 mm in length. The smaller males, two seen on the other side of the web in this photo, are only 4-6 mm long. These spiders feed primarily on flying insects. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The Principal Allied and Associated Powers undertake to negotiate a Treaty between the Polish Government and the Free City of Danzig, which shall come into force at the same time as the establishment of the said Free City, with the following objects: (1) To effect the inclusion of the Free City of Danzig within the Polish Customs frontiers, and to establish a free area in the port; (2) To ensure to Poland without any restriction the free use and service of all waterways, docks, basins, wharves and other works within the territory of the Free City necessary for Polish imports and exports; (3) To ensure to Poland the control and administration of the Vistula and of the whole railway system within the Free City, except such street and other railways as serve primarily the needs of the Free City, and of postal, telegraphic and telephonic communication between Poland and the port of Danzig; (4) To ensure to Poland the right to develop and improve the waterways, docks, basins, wharves, railways and other works and means of communication mentioned in this Article, as well as to lease or purchase through appropriate processes such land and other property as may be necessary for these purposes, (5) To provide against any discrimination within the Free City of Danzig to the detriment of citizens of Poland and other persons of Polish origin or speech; (6) To provide that the Polish Government shall undertake the conduct of the foreign relations of the Free City of Danzig as well as the diplomatic protection of citizens of that city when abroad. (reference)

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Health

TB is primarily an airborne disease. (references)

Adult ticks feed primarily on large mammals. (references)

This brochure will focus primarily on neoplasms. (references)

Business

The latter were primarily from China and Vietnam. (references)

It is used primarily to treat inorganic liquid waste. (references)

Analyzing equipment, which is primarily all, imported. (references)

Children

Belize

The Family Services Division in the Ministry of Human Development, Women, and Civil Society is devoted primarily to children's issues. (references)

Gambia

Persons with severe disabilities subsisted primarily through private charity. (references)

Jordan

The Unit deals primarily with child and spousal abuse, providing multiple in-house services, including medical treatment for patients. (references)

Civil Liberties

Pakistan

On some university campuses, well-armed groups of students, primarily from radical religious organizations, have armed clashes with and intimidate other students, instructors, and administrators over issues such as language, syllabus contents, examination policies, grades, doctrines, and dress. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

The UNHCR estimated that the number of detainees was approximately 300 foreigners, primarily Tajiks and Uzbeks, but included 80 Afghan refugees and asylum-seekers. (references)

Hungary

While these agreements primarily addressed property issues and restitution, they also have provisions that addressed the public service activities of the churches, religious education, and the preservation of monuments. (references)

Discrimination

Romania

In September 2000, the Government issued an emergency ordinance that outlaws discrimination based on a number of factors and introduces the ability to sue on the grounds of discrimination; however, implementation of the decree, primarily through the creation of a National Council on Combating Discrimination, had not occurred by year's end. (references)

Economic History

Spain

Spain's aerospace sector, primarily located in Andalucia, Madrid, and Basque Country, is benefiting greatly from its recent internationalization and offers many opportunities for foreign companies. (references)

Panama

Construction activity rose 7.5% in 2000. The increase comes on top of a 16% rise in construction in 1999. The rise is due primarily to large infrastructure projects in both the private and public sectors. (references)

Human Rights

Peru

Earlier investigations of the allegations found that primarily during 1996-97, health workers in public hospitals and family planning clinics administered by the Ministry of Health had induced female patients to opt for sterilization by promising them food or another type of goods or services, or by not providing them with complete information about available alternatives. (references)

Tajikistan

In August the Government issued a decree providing amnesty to more than 19,000 prisoners, primarily the sick and the old, and those convicted of minor narcotics trafficking offenses; however, the actual release of prisoners was inconsistent. (references)

Ethiopia

Most evidence suggests that their motives primarily were economic. (references)

Indigenous People

Cameroon

A population of perhaps 50,000 to 100,000 Baka (Pygmies), a term that encompasses several different ethnic groups, primarily reside in the forested areas of the South and East provinces, of which Pygmies were the earliest known inhabitants. (references)

Nicaragua

The CSE plans to hold another round of Atlantic coast regional elections in March 2002. The indigenous people of the RAAN, primarily the Miskito and the Sumo, have a political organization known as Yatama, which has representation in regional and municipal councils. (references)

Paraguay

Indigenous groups relied primarily upon parliamentary commissions to promote their particular interests. (references)

Minorities

Nigeria

This conflict appears to have been primarily ethnic and secondarily religious. (references)

Nigeria

Tafawa Balewa is inhabited primarily by the Muslim Hausa, while the indigenous, non-Muslim Sayewa ethnic group dominates the land and villages surrounding the town. (references)

Guyana

Longstanding ethnic tensions, primarily between citizens of African descent and those of South Asian origin, continued to influence society and political life. (references)

Political Economy

Tuvalu

The primarily subsistence economy relies mainly on coconuts, taro, and fishing. (references)

Namibia

A large court backlog, due primarily to resource constraints, continued to lead to lengthy delays of trials. (references)

SWITZERLAND

Switzerland's only subsidized exports are in the agricultural sector, where exports of dairy products (primarily cheese) and processed food products (chocolate products, grain-based bakery products, etc.) benefit from state subsidies. (references)

Political Rights

Azerbaijan

Independent deputies that are primarily loyal to the Government occupy most of the remaining seats. (references)

Trinidad and Tobago

The PNM is primarily but not exclusively Afro-Trinidadian; the UNC is primarily but not exclusively Indo-Trinidadian. (references)

South Africa

Complaints primarily concerned posters being removed or defaced, individuals being threatened because of political affiliation, and other incidents of intimidation. (references)

Trade

Bangladesh

Bangladesh encouraged counter-trade and barter trade for many years, primarily with countries in Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, China, and North Korea, but such trade provisions have now ceased. (references)

Armenia

Despite slow export growth and a negative trade balance, inflation remains relatively low (1-5 percent annually), accomplished primarily through strict fiscal policy and dollar interventions by the Central Bank. (references)

Albania

Raw materials are imported primarily from Greece and Italy and fashioned into final or near-final products in Albanian factories. (references)

Travel

Eq. Guinea

Two others--Canadian Helicopters and South Africa's Eagle (Aguila) Air Service--are chartered and managed by Mobil Aviation and primarily used by the petroleum companies headquartered on the island of Bioko. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

Local pharmacies are well stocked with medications manufactured primarily in Europe. (references)

Venezuela

Existing lines are limited, primarily running east-west through the city. (references)

Women

Guatemala

Women are employed primarily in low-wage jobs in the textile industry, agriculture, retail businesses, and the public sector. (references)

Tanzania

Thus far, the courts have upheld discriminatory inheritance claims, primarily in rural areas. (references)

Mauritius

Nevertheless, many victims still choose not to prosecute or report their attacker, primarily due to cultural pressures. (references)

Worker Rights

Gabon

Children (especially girls) were trafficked into the country, primarily from Benin and Togo, for use as domestic servants or in the informal commercial sector. (references)

Guatemala

An additional nine courts address labor issues, primarily appeals, as part of their jurisdiction. (references)

Greece

Strikes by public sector employees, including mass transport employees, lasted between 1 and 5 days and primarily concerned securing timely pay increases and greater job security. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Albanian

në origjinë, kryesisht (chiefly, especially, largely, mainly, mostly, on the whole, par excellence, predominantly, principally, substantially). (various references)

Arabic 

‏في المقام الأول (firstly, foremost, mostly), ‏في الأصل (originally), ‏أولا (first, firstly, foremost, in the first instance, originally, uppermost), ‏أصلا (originally). (various references)

Bulgarian 

главно (chiefly, largely, mainly, mostly, predominantly, pre-eminently, principally), на първо място (firstly, imprimis, uppermost), първоначално (initially, originally, start with), преди всичко (chiefly). (various references)

Chinese 

主要 (Cardinal, largely, main, mainly, major, masterly, mostly, Predominant, Primary, Principal). (various references)

Czech

především (chiefly, especially, first, first of all). (various references)

Danish

ved ikke-finansielle selskabslignende foretagender forstaas alle foretagender,som ikke er juridiske personer,og hvis hovedfunktion bestaar i at producere ikke-finansielle markedsmaessige varer og tjenester,for saa vidt deres oekonomiske og finansielle adf (public companies and public corporations, the term non-financial quasi-corporate enterprises denotes all bodies without independent legal status which are primarily engaged in the production of goods and non-financial market services, to the extent that their economic and financial behaviour is different from that of their owners and is similar to that of private companies), valnøddetræ dyrket hovedagelig på grund af dets frugter (walnut primarily grown for fruit), valnøddeplantage dyrket hovedsagelig med henblik på træproduktion (walnut plantation grown primarily for wood), udviklingen af det transportable boretaarn,eller masten,som det normalt kaldes,har betydet en vaesentlig nedsaettelse af boreomkostningerne,navnlig en forkortelse af den tid,der bruges paa at stille et boretaarn op og tage det ned igen (as it is usually called, has resulted in a material reduction in drilling costs, or mast, primarily in the amount of time consumed in rigging up and tearing down, the development of the portable derrick), midler overvejende af monetær art (resources primarily monetary), EF-handlingsprogram til fremme af ikke-statslige organisationer, som først og fremmest er aktive inden for miljøbeskyttelse (Community action programme promoting non-governmental organisations primarily active in the field of environmental protection), anlaeggets tilslutningstab foraarsages foerst og fremmest af tilbagekastning ved koaksialtransmission med hoej impedans (the insertion loss of the device is primarily caused by the reflection of the coaxial mode from the high impedance). (various references)

Dutch

onderzeese pijpleidingen worden in hoofdzaak volgens vier methoden gelegd:met behulp van pijplegvaartuigen(pijpleggers)of haspelvaartuigen,de drijfmethode en de trekmethode (and bottom pull, flotation, marine pipeline have been laid primarily by four general methods:pipe-lay barges, reel barges), noteboom hoofdzakelijk voor de noten gekweekt (walnut primarily grown for fruit), middelen...van overwegend monetaire aard zijn (resources primarily monetary), de ontwikkeling van de verplaatsbare boortoren,of mast,zoals deze meestal genoemd wordt,heeft geleid tot een aanzienlijke vermindering van de boorkosten,voornamelijk doordat het monteren en demonteren minder tijd vergt (as it is usually called, has resulted in a material reduction in drilling costs, or mast, primarily in the amount of time consumed in rigging up and tearing down, the development of the portable derrick), Communautair actieprogramma ter ondersteuning van niet-gouvernementele organisaties die voornamelijk werkzaam zijn op het gebied van de milieubescherming (Community action programme promoting non-governmental organisations primarily active in the field of environmental protection), aanplanting van notebomen die voornamelijk voor de houtproduktie zijn bestemd (walnut plantation grown primarily for wood). (various references)

Finnish

päällisesti (chiefly, for the most part, mostly, predominantly, principally), ensisijaisesti (in the first place), ensiksi (first, firstly), alkuaan (originally). (various references)

French

principalement (predominatly, principally), primitivement, essentiellement, � l'origine. (various references)

German

hauptsächlich (chief, chiefly, essentially, generally, main, mainly, major, mostly, notably, overriding, predominant, pre-eminently, primal, primary, principal, principally), erstrangig (first rate, principal). (various references)

Greek 

κυρίως (for the most part), κατ' εξοχήν, πρωτίστωσ (chiefly), προ πάντων, αρχικά (at first, initial, initially, initials, originally). (various references)

Hebrew 

בעקר (mainly, principally), בכו� ת תחל�" (initially, originally), בראש ובראשו� �" (first and foremost, first of all, in the first place). (various references)

Hungarian

eredetileg (originally), elsősorban (eminently, first of all, first thing, in the first instance, in the first place, principally). (various references)

Italian

principalmente (above all, chiefly, especially, in particular, mainly, principally), soprattutto (above all, chiefly, especially, in particular, mainly, mostly, principally, specially), originariamente (aboriginally, originally), originalmente (originally), all'inizio (at, at first, at the outset, in the beginning). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

主に (mainly). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おもに (encumbrance, heavy burden, heavy freight, heavy responsibility, load, mainly), が�"らい (essentially, logically, naturally, originally). (various references)

Korean 

1 차� �으로. (various references)

Pig Latin

imarilypray.(various references)

Portuguese

principalmente (above all, capitally, chiefly, especially, mainly, mostly, principally), primitivamente (formerly, originally, primitively), primeiramente (first, first of all, firstly, foremost, formerly, imprimis, initially), essencialmente (essentially, materially, substantially), em primeiro lugar (first of all, firstly, foremost, imprimis, uppermost). (various references)

Russian 

первоначально (initially, originally). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

prvobitno (originally), spočetka (originally), naročito (expressly, particularly, peculiarly, specifically), najpre (first of all). (various references)

Spanish

primitivamente, ante todo (before all else, erst, especially, first of all). (various references)

Swedish

primärt. (various references)

Turkish

ilk olarak (at first, early, first, first of all, first time, firstly, for starters, in first place, in the first instance, initially), başlıca (Cardinal, chiefly, essential, largely, leading, main, mainly, major, mostly, primary, prime, principally, ruling, staple), aslında (actually, at bottom, at heart, au fond, basically, essentially, in fact, in first place, in itself, in reality, in sober fact, in very deed, indeed, originally, really, substantially, verily, virtually), öncelikle (at the outset, first, for starters, principally). (various references)

Ukrainian

спочатку (at first, erst, first, initially, originally), спершу. (various references)

Vietnamese 

trước hết (foremost, imprimis), chính (capitally, cardinal, keynote, leading, main, mainly, primary, principal, principally, staple), đầu tiên chủ yếu (prime). (various references)

Misspellings

"Primarily" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: primaraly, primarilly, primarly, primaryily, primaryly, Primorolo, promarily. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: miliary, primary.

-3 letters: airily, impair, primal, primly.

-4 letters: amply, imply, limpa, marly, marry, milia, milpa, palmy, parry, pilar, prima, primi, riyal.

-5 letters: airy, amir, amyl, aril, army, aryl, ilia, impi, lair, lamp, lari, liar, lima, limp, limy, lipa, lira, liri, mail, mair, marl, miri, miry, pail, pair, palm, paly, parr, pial, pili, pily, pima.

+2 letters: preliminary.

+3 letters: paramilitary, primordially.

+4 letters: preliminarily.

+5 letters: performability.