In the UK the word became "chiefly derogatory" according to OED, meaning "excessively affected, quaint or sentimental", and has since been reclaimed and redefined in the US by the indie-music scene.
Despite all these various activities, in the public mind the Queen's Hall quickly became chiefly associated with the promenade concerts.
And the right way to deal with income inequality is not by punishing the rich, but by doing more to help the poor become richer, chiefly by increasing their social capital.
In his first two seasons in the NHL, he had become known chiefly as a playmaker, and so opposing defensemen focused their efforts on foiling his attempts to pass the puck to other scorers.
For me, therefore, "Opera Moves" became interesting chiefly as a quiz.
In the 19th century the word became associated chiefly with the Phänomenologie des Geistes (1807; Phenomenology of Mind), by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, who traced the development of the human spirit from mere sense experience to "absolute knowledge".
They are among more than 500,000 people in central and northern Mali who in the past 16 months have become dependent on aid – chiefly water pumped by the Red Cross – as a result of destruction caused by the advance of armed groups demanding secession for the north and the imposition of sharia law.
Sandwich became famous, however, chiefly for its early pressed glass (glass pressed in a mold), for which the first American machinery was developed by Jarves around 1827.
In the 20th century, the mask increasingly became perceived as chiefly a decorative object, although it has long been used in art as an ornamental device.
He joined BBD& O in 1943 and worked on Madison Avenue until the 1970's, when he became a consultant, chiefly to The New Yorker.
