Synonyms for mostly
ˈmoʊst limost·ly

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1. mostlyadverb

   Synonyms:
   by and large, more often than not

2. 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.

   Synonyms:
   more often than not, by and large

3. mostlyadverb

   To the greatest extent; most.

   Synonyms:
   by and large, more often than not

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1. mostly

   Synonyms:
   mainly, chiefly, in great measure, for the most part, for the greatest part

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1. largely, mostly, for the most partadverb

   in large part; mainly or chiefly

   "These accounts are largely inactive"

   Synonyms:
   by and large, for the most part, more often than not, generally, largely

2. by and large, generally, more often than not, mostlyadverb

   usually; as a rule

   "by and large it doesn't rain much here"

   Synonyms:
   loosely, by and large, broadly speaking, more often than not, generally, in general, in the main, broadly, for the most part, largely

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1. mostlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   mainly, chiefly, for the most part, for the greatest part

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1. List of paraphrases for "mostly":

   mainly, primarily, largely, predominantly, essentially, principally, especially, chiefly, particularly, most, often, generally, basically, usually

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1. Mayor Bunic:

   The local people mostly marry among themselves, this is a pretty much traditional and patriarchal community.

2. Fabio Forgione:

   Needs are so overwhelming that alone we are not able to satisfy them all, we have to make priorities which in our case is mostly focusing on the availability of medical care.

3. Kevin Cheung:

   We're asking for the same thing – universal suffrage, the spirit is mostly the same, but the mindset of how desperate people are is very different.

4. Dan Fagre:

   The trend right now is that they are inexorably going into their final demise. There is no chance they will go into rebirth, in several decades they will be mostly gone. They will grow so small that they will disappear. They will certainly be gone before the end of the century.

5. Andrii Maxymov -RRB- Sasha:

   It was very hard because we heard big explosions, like all the time, mostly in the evening, my walls were shaking. Every two minutes we heard explosions. There were such huge explosions at one time that we all, from different rooms, would run into the bathroom. After this, on the sixth day, we decided to leave the house.