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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mainly mean? 

• MAINLY (adverb)
  The adverb MAINLY has 1 sense:

1. for the most part

  Familiarity information: MAINLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAINLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

For the most part

Synonyms:

chiefly; in the main; mainly; primarily; principally

Context example:

he is mainly interested in butterflies

 Context examples 

Tangles are abnormal masses of twisted protein threads inside cells made mainly of a modified form of the protein tau.

(Human Cells Model Alzheimer’s Disease, NIH)

A group of acute myeloid leukemias characterized by recurrent genetic abnormalities, mainly balanced translocations.

(Acute Myeloid Leukemia with Recurrent Genetic Abnormalities, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

The CB-2 receptor is expressed mainly in cells of the immune system and appears to modulate immune functions, but not to be involved in the effects of cannabinoids in the central nervous system.

(Anandamide Metabolism Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Barmah forest viruses are transmitted mainly via the bite of infected mosquitoes.

(Barmah Forest Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

It has on average only around 0.6% of the pressure of Earth's atmosphere, and this is mainly carbon dioxide; only 0.145% of the thin Martian atmosphere is oxygen.

(Simple animals could live in Martian brines, Wikinews)

In the brain, MRs are mainly located in the amygdala and the prefrontal cortex — two key brain areas involved in the development and maintenance of AUD.

(NIH findings link aldosterone with alcohol use disorder, National Institutes of Health)

Although tularemia can be successfully treated with antibiotics, it is difficult to diagnose, mainly because F. tularensis bacteria can suppress the human immune response.

(Natural lipid acts as potent anti-inflammatory, National Institutes of Health)

Efforts have been unsuccessful so far, mainly because the vast majority of transplanted cells die within a few days.

(New stem cell combination could help to repair damaged hearts, University of Cambridge)

In Western Europe, only small areas of night sky remain relatively undiminished, mainly in Scotland, Sweden and Norway.

(Milky Way now hidden from a third of humanity, NOAA)

It mainly affects people in their 20s and 30s.

(Behcet's Syndrome, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)