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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 1

mainly

adverb

Definition

for the most part

In a sentence

He works mainly with numbers.

Similar words

  • primarily
  • mostly

Why this word matters: mainly appears in academic reading at the 8th-grade level and is exactly the type of word that shows up on the CPS HSAT Reading section. Practice it in context with our spaced-repetition system at vocabulary.