Synonyms for principally
prin·ci·pal·ly

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1. chiefly, principally, primarily, mainly, in the mainadverb

   for the most part

   "he is mainly interested in butterflies"

   Synonyms:
   primarily, generally, mainly, in general, in the main, chiefly, in the first place

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1. principallyadjective

   Synonyms:
   chiefly, mainly, especially, particularly, above all

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1. List of paraphrases for "principally":

   mainly, primarily, mostly, essentially, predominantly, chiefly, largely, especially, basically, particularly

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1. Salim Abdool Karim:

   We're going to face many challenges in the short term, and principally the equation is we have 8 billion people that need two doses of most of the vaccines, and we've only produced about a billion so far, so we do have a mismatch between the demand and the supply.

2. Steve Vladeck:

   To make a long story short, I think the effort to have him confirmed is principally with an eye toward attempting to ratify all of the programs and policies that could be struck down by courts holding his acting appointment was unlawful, from the perspective of a new administration rolling back this administration's policies, it shouldn't make a difference whether they're promulgated by a Senate-confirmed secretary or someone lawfully exercising the duties of the office on an acting basis.

3. Chairman Gareth Davis:

   Philip has a clear set of priorities for this transition period, principally the turnaround of the online business.

4. State Antony Blinken:

   What we are focused on, besides the implementation of the (U.N.) Security Council resolutions, is relentlessly building pressure on North Korea, working principally with our key allies Japan and (South) Korea, we are working in various ways to cut off all the revenues going to the regime. For example, they have ... overseas workers whose remittances are not going back to their families, but are going to the regime. We’re working to cut those off.

5. Robert Litt:

   He's really shown himself to be principally focused on defending the president.