transcription, транскрипция: [ meɪnli ]
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
You use mainly when mentioning the main reason or thing involved in something.
The stockmarket scandal is refusing to go away, mainly because there’s still no consensus over how it should be dealt with...
The birds live mainly on nectar.
= primarily
ADV : ADV with cl / group , ADV with v
2.
You use mainly when you are referring to a group and stating something that is true of most of it.
The African half of the audience was mainly from Senegal or Mali...
The spacious main bedroom is mainly blue.
= mostly
ADV : ADV with group