How to pronounce chiefly in American English
“chiefly” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to chiefly the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “chiefly” in: all accents
“chiefly” in real sentences — American speakers
93 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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chiefly a social occasion.
The Obama White House
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chiefly the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
State Department
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identity chiefly rights and identity and again help them understand the path they came from and
US National Archives
Words that sound like “chiefly”
Words one sound away from chiefly — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “chiefly”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of chiefly. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.