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Definitions for mostly
ˈmoʊst limost·ly
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word mostly.
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.
Webster Dictionary
Mostlyadverb
for the greatest part; for the most part; chiefly; in the main
British National Corpus
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
The money is mostly gone.
Obviously for my team and everybody, but mostly for GoDaddy, it made me nervous, this is the biggest race of the year and they need to be in it.
Like dogs, snakes mostly rely on scent, not vision, to work out what's going on in the world around them.
It's a significant melt, july 27th saw most of the eastern half of Greenland from the northern tip all the way to the southern tip mostly melted, which is unusual.
I think the 2003 election is their excuse, but it's mostly motivated out of selfishness to keep Gavin Newsom.
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- найболейBelarusian
- главно, в по-голямата си част, обикновено, в повечето случаиBulgarian
- převážně, většinou, vesměsCzech
- meistensGerman
- plimulteEsperanto
- principalmenteSpanish
- enimmäkseen, lähinnäFinnish
- mestFaroese
- surtoutFrench
- अधिकतरHindi
- հիմնականումArmenian
- soprattutto, per lo piùItalian
- meestal, overwegendDutch
- główniePolish
- normalmente, principalmente, sobretudoPortuguese
- în special, mai ales, mai cu seamăRomanian
- главным образом, по большей части, чаще всего, в основномRussian
- uglavnom, превасходно, prevashodno, углавномSerbo-Croatian
- predovšetkýmSlovak
- v glávnem, predvsémSlovene
- переважно, здебільшого, звичайно, головним чиномUkrainian
- mödadiloVolapük
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