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Definitions for mostly
ˈmoʊst limost·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
largely, mostly, for the most partadverb
in large part; mainly or chiefly
"These accounts are largely inactive"
by and large, generally, more often than not, mostlyadverb
usually; as a rule
"by and large it doesn't rain much here"
Wiktionary
mostlyadverb
Mainly or chiefly; for the most part; usually, generally, on the whole.
They're mostly good people, although they have made a few mistakes.
mostlyadverb
To the greatest extent; most.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Mostlyadverb
For the greatest part.
Etymology: from most.
This image of God, namely, natural reason, if totally or mostly defaced, the right of government doth cease. Francis Bacon.
Webster Dictionary
Mostlyadverb
for the greatest part; for the most part; chiefly; in the main
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'mostly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2669
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'mostly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2320
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'mostly' in Adverbs Frequency: #210
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mostly in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mostly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of mostly in a Sentence
I was not calculating what I was doing back then to become a politician. I've done that out of frustration with what happens in DC, my wife and I were lifelong conservatives and Republicans living in a county that was, you know, completely Democratic in all the offices. So if you wanted to weigh in on your local and county elections, anybody that was a Republican there mostly voted in the Democratic.
Sixty percent of the cases are due to mines, thirty percent from road accidents, and the rest mostly from gun shots.
It's a bit of mockery of the political situation in general, of course. But mostly it's about the aesthetics of society, how we speak of what's going on, by having a go at the aesthetics of the society, rather than political questions, you hit the people harder.
Because what I’m saying is mostly the truth, there are certain things I would lie about, certain very important things.
It's an extremely negative reaction, such as annoyance or disgust, mostly to specific sounds such as chewing, clicking, tapping and whispering, there is a tendency for people who experience synesthesia and misophonia to also experience Super Bowl ASMR, so there is some overlap here.
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Translations for mostly
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- найболейBelarusian
- обикновено, главно, в повечето случаи, в по-голямата си частBulgarian
- většinou, vesměs, převážněCzech
- meistensGerman
- plimulteEsperanto
- principalmenteSpanish
- enimmäkseen, lähinnäFinnish
- mestFaroese
- surtoutFrench
- अधिकतरHindi
- հիմնականումArmenian
- per lo più, soprattuttoItalian
- overwegend, meestalDutch
- główniePolish
- principalmente, normalmente, sobretudoPortuguese
- mai cu seamă, în special, mai alesRomanian
- чаще всего, в основном, по большей части, главным образомRussian
- углавном, uglavnom, превасходно, prevashodnoSerbo-Croatian
- predovšetkýmSlovak
- predvsém, v glávnemSlovene
- здебільшого, переважно, головним чином, звичайноUkrainian
- mödadiloVolapük
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