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CHIEFLY

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Traducere în limba română

chiefly adverb

mai ales, mai cu seamă, cu (de)osebire, îndeosebi, în primul rând, în special.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

These shared her heart: her time was given chiefly to her house and her servants.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

The village of Barton was chiefly on one of these hills, and formed a pleasant view from the cottage windows.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

Lymph consists of a clear liquid portion, varying numbers of white blood cells (chiefly lymphocytes), and a few red blood cells.

(Lymph, NCI Thesaurus)

Their love of society, and their new dining-room, prepared every body for their keeping dinner-company; and a few parties, chiefly among the single men, had already taken place.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

He bowed and settled himself in a chair with his back to the light, and became absorbed in the papers, whilst I went to see after lunch chiefly in order that he might not be disturbed.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Allowing for the common demands of the game, Mr. Wickham was therefore at leisure to talk to Elizabeth, and she was very willing to hear him, though what she chiefly wished to hear she could not hope to be told—the history of his acquaintance with Mr. Darcy.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

But I could hardly help observing that she had launched into them, chiefly because the question was raised in her own mind, and with very little reference to me, though she had addressed herself to me in the absence of anybody else.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Indeed she had no taste for a garden; and if she gathered flowers at all, it was chiefly for the pleasure of mischief—at least so it was conjectured from her always preferring those which she was forbidden to take.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

Edmund, to whom this was chiefly addressed, replied, I believe I know what you mean, but I will not undertake to answer the question.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

Mrs. Elton then said, Nobody can think less of dress in general than I do—but upon such an occasion as this, when every body's eyes are so much upon me, and in compliment to the Westons—who I have no doubt are giving this ball chiefly to do me honour—I would not wish to be inferior to others.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

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