Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In the foremost place or order; among the foremost.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In the foremost place or order; among the foremost.

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  • adverb In the foremost place or order; among the foremost.

Etymologies

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foremost +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • I was not able to contribute very much to a decision-making process that relied foremostly upon the Cabinet officers, the secretaries of state and defense, he later admitted.

    In the Shadow of the Oval Office Ivo H. Daalder 2009

  • And I think that everyone should firstly and foremostly mind their own taste.

    David & Dan confirm what we already know 2009

  • I was not able to contribute very much to a decision-making process that relied foremostly upon the Cabinet officers, the secretaries of state and defense, he later admitted.

    In the Shadow of the Oval Office Ivo H. Daalder 2009

  • A flame that merely flickers should be spat upon and effectively marginalized by the powerful in Western salons and centers of power, foremostly from the White House?

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • I was not able to contribute very much to a decision-making process that relied foremostly upon the Cabinet officers, the secretaries of state and defense, he later admitted.

    In the Shadow of the Oval Office Ivo H. Daalder 2009

  • I was not able to contribute very much to a decision-making process that relied foremostly upon the Cabinet officers, the secretaries of state and defense, he later admitted.

    In the Shadow of the Oval Office Ivo H. Daalder 2009

  • Firstly and foremostly I just read Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay and loved it.

    Archive 2009-06-21 2009

  • He is running for the Presidency on the belief that McCain, Clinton, and Obama are all failing to confront most of the authentic issues facing America, foremostly a need to drastically strip back the federal government and taxation while returning to the true mandates and principles framed in the United States Constitution, including liberty and its accompanying self-reliance.

    Libertarian Party Getting New Presidential Hopeful in Bob Barr 2008

  • We are acting today firstly and foremostly to defend our citizens, we are trying through our military strikes to neutral neutralize the ability of Hezbollah to reign terror on our cities with rockets and missiles.

    CNN Transcript Jul 16, 2006 2006

  • Well firstly and foremostly, conservatives who might otherwise have supported ID cards, have a Conservative party who have seen a populist issue to win votes on a subject that is no cost to them.

    Archive 2005-10-01 2005

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