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mostly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial mostly has 2 senses
- mostly(r = adv.all) for the most part, largely - in large part; mainly or chiefly; "These accounts are largely inactive"
- mostly(r = adv.all) by and large, generally, more often than not - usually; as a rule; "by and large it doesn't rain much here"
CIDE DICTIONARY
mostly, adv.
For the greatest part; for the most part; chiefly; in the main. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
mostly
a fortiori, above all, all in all, all the more, all things considered, almost entirely, altogether, approximately, as a rule, as a whole, as an approximation, as per usual, as things go, as usual, at large, broadly, broadly speaking, by and large, chiefly, commonly, customarily, dominantly, effectually, especially, essentially, even, ever so, first of all, generally, generally speaking, habitually, in chief, in general, in the main, indeed, largely, mainly, more than ever, most often, naturally, never so, no end, normally, normatively, on balance, on the whole, ordinarily, overall, particularly, peculiarly, predominantly, prescriptively, prevailingly, primarily, principally, regularly, roughly, roughly speaking, routinely, speaking generally, still more, substantially, to be expected, usually, virtually, yea
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