Mainly and Typically

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Mainly adverb - For the most part.

Usage example: you mainly need to focus on improving your golf swing

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Typically and mainly are semantically related in generally topic. In some cases you can use "Typically" instead an adverb "Mainly".

Nearby Word: main

Typically adverb - According to the usual course of things.

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Mainly and typically are semantically related in usually topic. You can use "Mainly" instead an adverb "Typically".

Nearby Words: typical, typicality

Ilana is typically it, mainly because she drinks more and has a smaller frame than Abbi, so she can't hold it as well.

Source: Series / Broad City
The Moody Blues mainly has Justin Hayward and John Lodge, though Mike Pinder and Ray Thomas typically had one or two songs on lead vocals per album as well.

Source: Vocal Tag Team
Although Total Drama's Lindsay does this mainly with names in the show (typically in a mondegreen style), fanfic writers often flanderize her into a full-fledged malaproper.

Source: Malaproper aka: The Malaproper

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