mostly

[ mohst-lee ]

/ ˈmoʊst li /

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adverb

for the most part; in the main: The work is mostly done.

chiefly; principally.

generally; customarily.

Words nearby mostly

most-favored-nation, most-favored-nation clause, mostaganem, mostar, mostest, mostly, mosul, moszkowicz's test, moszkowski, mot, mot juste

Origin of mostly

First recorded in 1585–95; most + -ly

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Examples from the Web for mostly

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|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|DAILY BEAST
So 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|DAILY BEAST
Brinsley was trying to produce tracks—hip-hop, mostly—and he apparently had a knack as a techie.
Alleged Cop Killer’s Blood-Soaked Screenplay|M.L. Nestel|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But mostly they just walked, their faces somber, their hands shaking as the snow began to fall.
Justice League Vigil for Slain NYPD Officers Asks Whose Life Matters|Olivia Nuzzi|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They come over to the East Coast in hordes in the autumn, mostly from Russia, where they also interbreed with the carrion crow.
Through East Anglia in a Motor Car|J. E. (James Edmund) Vincent
It mostly consisted of how the inner man should be sustained, and of anecdotes of agility in avoiding shot and shell.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. IV (of 6)|Louis Creswicke
The windows are mostly double, and the houses, all of one story, are warm enough to be habitable.
In Search of a Siberian Klondike|Homer B. Hulbert
In 1848, Souvestre was appointed professor of the newly created school of administration, mostly devoted to popular lectures.
An "Attic" Philosopher, Complete|Emile Souvestre
Only bare veldt but a very few years ago, now a population of forty thousand—mostly brokers.
The Sign of the Spider|Bertram Mitford

British Dictionary definitions for mostly

mostly

/ (ˈməʊstlɪ) /

adverb

almost entirely; chiefly

on many or most occasions; usually

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