Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- For the greatest part; for the most part; chiefly; mainly; generally.
Wiktionary
- adv. focus Mainly or chiefly; for the most part; usually, generally, on the whole.
- adv. obsolete To the greatest extent; most.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. For the greatest part; for the most part; chiefly; in the main.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. in large part; mainly or chiefly
- adv. usually; as a rule
Etymologies
- most + -ly. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Partly because that's the establishment that babysits the Rams every week … but mostly because their playoff picture is * mostly* set. this week it's all about the AFC.”
“I think it's a word mostly for disabled individuals to use.”
The Huffington Post: Cory Silverberg: When it Comes to Sex, Are Your Sins Invalid?
“It's very, very different, and Ground Zero is a phrase mostly used by people outside lower Manhattan.'”
The Wall Street Journal: Some Seeking to Move Past 'Ground Zero'
“Savvy users are renting games just after their release date and then buying the title mostly new at a discounted price.”
“Ethnic" at Bernie's mostly translates as "Italian," although the kitchen's repertoire does include a French Canadian classic, Meat Pie ($7.95).”
“Detectives persisted in what one called mostly a "monologue" for about two hours and 45 minutes, until one asked Thompkins whether he believed in God.”
The Washington Post: Supreme Court: Suspects must invoke right to remain silent in interrogations
“But detectives persisted in what one called mostly a “monologue” until asking Thompkins whether he believed in God.”
The Washington Post: Supreme Court in Miranda case: Suspect must invoke right
“New York Times restaurant critic Sam Sifton writes today on what he describes as the mostly-in-New-York phenomenon of the restaurant Thanksgiving, which can actually be the biggest day of the year for those the city's restaurants that choose to be open.”
The Huffington Post: Thanksgiving At Restaurants: A Look Inside
“This mostly is a summarization of Denton's argument.”
“Mr. Gourevitch said that he was committed to publishing both fiction and poetry, and that, in fact, he has no intention of creating an American Granta, which he described as mostly nonfiction, with no poetry-and "we are not going to go there.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mostly’.
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EN - Glasgow stop list
Words to be replaced by a paragraph mark if you are after terms and MWEs.
about, above, across, after, afterwards, again, against, all, almost, alone, along, already and 291 more...
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sandcastle, for all to see, but, mostly, them, if they wish, sorta hope, maybe, pop-up, snap, gotcha, cause then i have... and 20 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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OM1 Lesson 12
counter, fish, tuna, roast beef, bread, white, rye, wheat, pumpernickel, for here, to go, miss and 21 more...
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