first of all

1. see first and foremost.

Example Sentences

We need to back up and think, first of all, what is MAGA.

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“Well, first of all, let me congratulate you all on the superb plot twists! I’ll try to add mine to the mix without getting them hopelessly tangled up.”

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"We need to understand what our problems are, first of all," he said.

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"I'm really disappointed first of all, because the effort that went in that second half performance was all character," Townsend told BBC Scotland.

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"But first of all, we need to be faster than McLaren from now to the end of the season."

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• basically 
• chiefly 
• first and foremost 
• generally 
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• largely 
• mostly 
• notably 
• particularly 
• predominantly www.thesaurus.com