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adverb

primarily

CEFR B1

for the most part

In a sentence

Six example sentences with primarily, each labelled with its topic.

  • The program is primarily walking, with two short strength sessions added only after the first six weeks are finished.

    Fitness

  • The bakery earns primarily from wholesale contracts; the shop out front covers rent and little more each month.

    Business

  • The outage was primarily a storage failure, though a slow router made the first twenty minutes look like a network problem.

    Technology

  • The comet's tail is primarily dust, with a fainter blue streak of gas that points straight away from the sun.

    Science

  • The canal was dug primarily to move coal, though passengers soon filled the boats on market days.

    History

  • The center scores primarily on putbacks, so his points depend on teammates missing from the outside.

    Basketball

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