01 adv. In the first place; principally; preëminently; above; especially.
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In the first place; principally; preëminently; above; especially.“Search through this garden; leave unsearched no nook; But chiefly where those two fair creatures lodge.” — Milton.
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For the most part; mostly.“Those parts of the kingdom where the . . . estates of the dissenters chiefly lay.” — Swift.