mostly

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈməʊstli/
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/ˈməʊstli/ · /ˈmoʊstli/ · /ˈmoʊsli/

Definition of mostly

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (not-comparable)Mainly or chiefly; for the most part; usually, generally, on the whole.
    “They're mostly good people, although they have made a few mistakes.”
    “Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.”
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adv

  1. (not-comparable)Mainly or chiefly; for the most part; usually, generally, on the whole.
    “They're mostly good people, although they have made a few mistakes.”
    “Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.”
  2. (not-comparable, obsolete)To the greatest extent; most.
    “She was to be their chosen visitor, she was to be for weeks under the same roof with the person whose society she mostly prized [...]!”

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Etymology

From most + -ly.

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