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[ adverb ] for the most part

Examples

"he is mainly interested in butterflies"

Used in print

(1961 Research Highlights of the National Bureau of...)

The efforts and accomplishments fall_into three main categories : absolute thermometry based upon the velocity of sound in helium gas , secondary thermometry involving principally studies of the behavior of germanium resistors , and helium 4 vapor-pressure measurements ( see p. 144 ) .

Related terms

chief chief primary chief primary

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