All 3 Uses
primarily
in
An Innocent Client
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- He'd been divorced twice, primarily because of his affinity for younger women, but the good people of the First Judicial District didn't seem to mind.†
p. 13.5 *primarily = mainly
- I'd stayed away from Maynard for three weeks, in part because I was busy, in part to make him think the stunt he pulled in court had genuinely offended me, but primarily because being around him made my skin crawl.†
p. 144.5
- I followed my guide back into the sunlight and down yet another fence-framed sidewalk to the maximum-security unit, which primarily housed inmates who had attacked guards or other inmates.†
p. 231.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(primarily) mainly (most importantly)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)