Meaning of in the main | Babel Free

Definitions

Principally; on the whole; for the most part.

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] I entirely agree⟳ with you in the main as to the propriety of doing everything one could by way of providing for a child one had in a manner taken into one's own⟳ hands; […]”

“Mr. Fechter has been in the main more accustomed to speak⟳ French than to speak⟳ English.”

“A new generation is growing up in our midst, […] and its enthusiasm, even when it is misdirected, is, I believe⟳, in the main sincere.”

“Bill Clinton's philandering was regarded as a moral failing or a joke — but not, in the main, as an illness.”

“Now, I hold⟳ no candle for the train⟳ operators, and I think⟳ that in the main they have⟳ been far too craven about any government proposals. But in this instance, they have⟳ been badly traduced, led up the hill, and then chucked back down it.”

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