Pronunciation Adverb
mostly (not comparable)
- Mainly or chiefly; for the most part; usually, generally, on the whole.
- They're mostly good people, although they have made a few mistakes.
- (obsolete) To the greatest extent; most.
- 1817, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUbXHRIbRIC&dq=northanger+abbey+search+austen&pg=PP1&ots=EDH1Xu36el&sig=J7fVUwXmydAD36S8oLTWv2-ICNk&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA163,M1]:
- She was to be their chosen visitor, she was to be for weeks under the same roof with the person whose society she mostly prized [...]!
- 1817, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUbXHRIbRIC&dq=northanger+abbey+search+austen&pg=PP1&ots=EDH1Xu36el&sig=J7fVUwXmydAD36S8oLTWv2-ICNk&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA163,M1]:
- (mainly or chiefly) by and large, in the main, more often than not, largely, predominantly, principally; see also Thesaurus:mostly
- French: surtout, majoritairement
- German: meistens, überwiegend, weitgehend, größtenteils
- Italian: soprattutto, per lo più
- Portuguese: sobretudo, principalmente, normalmente
- Russian: по бо́льшей ча́сти
- Spanish: principalmente, sobre todo
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