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. Priyanka Chopra:

   No one will say that a woman is getting paid less because she’s a woman of color, but the numbers mostly end up reflecting that.

2. Jordan Spieth:

   He was really helpful on the greens, he would say, 'This one is quicker than it looks,' or 'This one has a little more break.' Mostly he talked about speed.

3. Peter Laurelli:

   Negative sentiment in aggregate by sovereign wealth funds toward global equity exposure mostly disappeared in (the) second-quarter, replaced in part by clear demand for passive emerging market equity exposure.

4. Njoya Moussa:

   Buhari's visit should help ease the climate of mistrust between Cameroon and Nigeria, i pray that they should talk about security because mostly it’s what we need here in Cameroon and Nigeria.

5. Mustafa Erdik:

   The thing that strikes mostly are the type of collapses – what we call the pancake collapse – which is the type of collapse that we engineers don’t like to see, in such collapses, it’s difficult – as you can see – and a very tragic to save lives. It makes the operation of the search and rescue teams very difficult.