mostly
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
/ˈməʊstli/
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/ˈməʊstli/ · /ˈmoʊstli/ · /ˈmoʊsli/
Definition of mostly
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adv
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(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
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(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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(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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