All of and Chiefly

All of

All of adverb - To a full extent or degree.
Usage example: the boat is all of 15 feet long

Chiefly and all of are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Chiefly" instead an adverb phrase "All of".

Chiefly

Chiefly adverb - For the most part.

All of and chiefly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "All of" instead an adverb "Chiefly".

Nearby Word: chief

Both terms in one sentence

  • All of the replacement actors for the main characters also came from the crew, chiefly the writing staff.
  • War God Although rarely mentioned from 3.0 onwards, goblins and hobgoblins have... pretty much all of their gods, except the one with diplomacy as his portfolio (and even then his role is chiefly to get goblinoids to cooperate together to wage war on anyone else).
    Source: War God
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