Sentence Examples
Livid means primarily black and blue.
Right whales feed primarily on copepods.
"The fault is primarily yours, Hard," Milton went on.
"The work is primarily a practical one."
Primarily I took it because I liked it.
Primarily I'm a business builder.
Primarily my purpose was to study art.
Primarily they wished to capture slaves.
A hen is primarily intended to lay eggs.
A law is primarily a rule of action.
All taxation is directed primarily against the rich.
Archimedes was primarily a mathematician.
He did not die primarily of the wound.
He is primarily a man of action.
He wore primarily a guilty expression.
Her illness is not primarily physical.
His point of view is primarily humorous.
If the mix is primarily clay, we call it a clay soil.
It is primarily a manufacturing city.
It is primarily a matter of attitude.
It is primarily an expression of emotion.
It is not primarily speculative.
It takes, primarily, a certain impudence.
It was primarily a question of haste.
It was he who was primarily responsible.
Its purpose is primarily devotional, not pedagogical.
[From Works of Martin Luther, with Introductions and Notes (Volume II) by Luther, Martin]
Others are primarily bibliographic.
Poetry appeals to the ear: it is primarily sensuous.
Sheep were kept primarily for their wool.
The Prince Regent was chiefly and primarily a soldier.
[From Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire by Headlam, James Wycliffe]
The affair was a banquet primarily.
The ancient state was and remained primarily military.
[From The Greek View of Life by Dickinson, G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes)]
The live stock consisted primarily of hogs and cattle.
The motive of printing is not primarily an art motive.
The occupants primarily were Mahicans.
[From Footprints of the Red Men by Ruttenber, Edward Manning]
The streets serve primarily for traffic.
Their motive is primarily security.
They were there primarily to learn.
War is a condition of mind primarily.
We eat it primarily for the protein.
But his sister was primarily to blame.