Mainly vs Typically - What's the difference?
mainly | typically |
(label) Forcefully, vigorously.
* , III.i:
(label) Of the production of a sound: loudly, powerfully.
*, II.31:
(label) To a great degree; very much.
Chiefly; for the most part.
*, chapter=12
, title= In a typical or common manner.
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In an expected or customary manner.
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=June 9, author=Owen Phillips
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As adverbs the difference between mainly and typically
is that mainly is (label) forcefully, vigorously while typically is in a typical or common manner.mainly
English
Adverb
(-)- Mainly they all attonce vpon him laid, / And sore beset on euery side around.
- But in the end, mainly crying out, he fell to raling and wringing his master, upbraiding him that he was not a true Philosopher.
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=She had Lord James' collar in one big fist and she pounded the table with the other and talked a blue streak. Nobody could make out plain what she said, for she was mainly jabbering Swede lingo, but there was English enough, of a kind, to give us some idee.}}
Anagrams
* English focus adverbstypically
English
Adverb
(en adverb)citation, passage=An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic
citation, passage=And Netherlands, backed by a typically noisy and colourful travelling support, started the second period in blistering fashion and could have had four goals within 10 minutes.}}