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Chiefly

/tʃˈifli/
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(adv) Especially or primarily; above all.

The problem was chiefly due to poor planning.
He is known chiefly for his poetry.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The book is ____ about the history of the ancient Greek empire city.

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