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first (of all)
  1. 1 first (of all), firstly, to begin with, before anything else
  2. 2 probably, most likely, almost certainly, virtually
  3. 3 more or less (satisfactory), on the whole, reasonably
  4. 4 anyway, at any rate, for now (at least), for the time being
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • That's about it.

    sense 1 · first (of all)

  • I scarcely think so.

    sense 2 · probably

  • First we'll hit Kyoto.

    sense 1 · first (of all)

  • I'll take attendance first.

    sense 1 · first (of all)

  • First, catch your hare, then cook him.

    sense 1 · first (of all)

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