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Synonyms for mainly
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
for the most part
He is mainly interested in butterflies.
The true synonym
primarily
Same sentence, swapped: He is primarily interested in butterflies.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for mainly as it is used in the sentence above.
- altogether
- approximately
- virtually
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