Differences among"mainly","primarily"and"principally"?
Are there any differences among"mainly","primarily"and"principally"?

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I can't think of any, except differences in register and "tone." Checking a dictionary, I notice that the entry under "chief" lists "main, primary, principal" as synonyms.

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Hello, Baron. While those words share the same meaning, the word “principally” is not used nearly as often as the other two. I don’t remember the last time I read that word.

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