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View synonyms for mostly

mostly

[ mohst-lee ]

adverb

  1. for the most most much part; in the main:

    The work is mostly done.

  2. chiefly; principally.
  3. generally; customarily.


mostly

/ ˈməʊstlɪ /

adverb

  1. almost entirely; chiefly
  2. on many or most occasions; usually
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mostly1

First recorded in 1585–95; most + -ly
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Example Sentences

Three months ago, the two had a baby together and the Internet mostly just shrugged.

But the F-35 has been plagued with massive delays and cost overruns—mostly due to design defects and software issues.

“Mostly people on a budget use it,” Franz Dobersberger, managing director of a Bangkok travel agency, told The Daily Beast.

So for the 12 years he spent at Aldgate, Chaucer was mostly alone, with a teeming urban scene literally beneath his feet.

Brinsley was trying to produce tracks—hip-hop, mostly—and he apparently had a knack as a techie.

In and around where they now sat, there was quite a settlement of Negroes, mostly small farmers.

Only then did I own that by hook or by crook—and mostly by crook, I was forced to suspect—they had purposely given me the slip.

The ship was not large and was insufficiently equipped; the sailors were mostly heretics.

In the middle of the last century all organs were voiced on light wind pressure, mostly from an inch and a half to three inches.

They mostly wore the placid expression of folks engaged in business affairs instead of the worried look of pleasure-seekers.

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