mainly /ˈmeɪnli/ adverb4 •for the most part, though not in every case •(no longer used) Forcefully, vigorously.Such breadth of shoulders as might mainely beare Olde Atlas burthen, […] — 1587 •(no longer used) Of the production of a sound: loudly, powerfully.But in the end, mainly crying out, he fell to raling and wringing his master, upbraiding him that he was not a true Philosopher[…]. — 1603 •(no longer used) To a great degree; very much.