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. Isael Medina:

   What motivates me is how Dien told me there's a shortage of truckers, and I really enjoy this career path, so it's not mostly about the money, it's mostly just about helping out my community.

2. Signs:

   Tracy I swore 37 times in the last month. I said the 'f-word' a couple of times, but it was mostly 'shit's and 'bastard's. Is 'douche bag' a curse Graham I suppose it would depend on the context. Tracy How about John you're a douche bag for kissing Barbara Graham It's a curse. Tracy Oh, well then it's not 37 times it's 71 times.

3. President Obama:

   President Obama, for President Obama part, mostly has steered clear of taking shots at President Obama successor. But an avalanche of criticism on Monday about alleged Russian interference in the presidential election, mostly from Democratic leaders, gave way to an extended critique from Earnest during the White House press briefing. Speaking later with Trevor Noah, President Obama echoed Earnest in noting that Donald Trump had joked the Russians should hack Democratic rival Hillary Clinton’s secret email server to recover tens of thousands of emails she had deleted prior to an FBI investigation. The President-elect in some of Trevor Noah political events specifically said to the Russians, hack Hillary's emails so we can finally find out what's going on and confirm our conspiracy theories.

4. Murali Dhidkar:

   Our land mostly supports only two crops: cotton and soybean. But for the past few years, soybean yield has consistently been decreasing. So we mostly depend on cotton.

5. Luigi Barzini:

   They eat the dainty food of gamous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman's octopus and shrimps, fried in heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach.