 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
mostly
adverb
1: in large part; mainly or chiefly; "These accounts are
largely inactive" [syn: {largely}, {for the most part}]
2: usually; as a rule; "by and large it doesn't rain much here"
[syn: {by and large}, {generally}, {more often than not}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mostly \Most"ly\, adverb
For the greatest part; for the most part; chiefly; in the
main.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
66 Moby Thesaurus words for "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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