Definitions for primarily

primarily pri·ma·ri·ly

Spelling: [prahy-mair-uh-lee, -mer-, prahy-mer-
IPA: /praɪˈmɛər ə li, -ˈmɛr-, ˈpraɪ mɛr ə li, -mər ə-/

Primarily is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 214 anagrams from letters in primarily (aiilmprry).

Definitions for primarily

adverb

  1. essentially; mostly; chiefly; principally:
  2. in the first instance; at first; originally:

Origin of primarily

First recorded in 1610-20; primary + -ly

Examples for primarily

After construction, the pipeline would employ about 50 people, primarily for maintenance.

In our present society, production is carried on primarily for exchange, for sale.

He rejoiced in the name, and used it primarily as a challenge to intolerance.

And it is not for my sake—that is, not primarily for that—that I am anxious about her.

primarily because the way most of us in the west and Anglophile world view the history of the Great War is from the winning side.

Much of urban America, particularly in places like Phoenix, Houston, and Las Vegas, is primarily suburban.

But temporal things are to be sought secondarily not primarily.

It is this primarily that makes the dramas great and lasting.

Saudi Arabia, on the other hand, primarily produces petroleum.

The OSS judged that “Spitz is primarily responsible for the success of this mission.”

Word Value for primarily
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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