mostly
for the most part; in the main: The work is mostly done.
chiefly; principally.
generally; customarily.
Origin of mostly
1Words Nearby mostly
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How to use mostly in a sentence
Three months ago, the two had a baby together and the Internet mostly just shrugged.
All Your Internet Boyfriends Are Taken: Gosling, Cumberbatch, and now Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Melissa Leon | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the F-35 has been plagued with massive delays and cost overruns—mostly due to design defects and software issues.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019 | Dave Majumdar | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“mostly people on a budget use it,” Franz Dobersberger, managing director of a Bangkok travel agency, told The Daily Beast.
The Presumed Crash of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Is Nothing Like MH370 | Lennox Samuels | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo for the 12 years he spent at Aldgate, Chaucer was mostly alone, with a teeming urban scene literally beneath his feet.
A Year In The Life of The Canterbury Tales’ Storied Beginnings | Wendy Smith | December 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBrinsley 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.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxOnly 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.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairThe 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.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerThey mostly wore the placid expression of folks engaged in business affairs instead of the worried look of pleasure-seekers.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. Locke
British Dictionary definitions for mostly
/ (ˈməʊstlɪ) /
almost entirely; chiefly
on many or most occasions; usually
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