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More words related to mostly

primarily
adv. generally; for the most part
  • above all
  • basically
  • chiefly
  • especially
  • essentially
  • fundamentally
  • generally
  • largely
  • mainly
  • mostly
  • on the whole
  • overall
  • predominantly
  • principally

principally
adv. mainly
  • above all
  • basically
  • before anything else
  • cardinally
  • chiefly
  • dominantly
  • eminently
  • especially
  • essentially
  • first and foremost
  • first of all
  • for the most part
  • fundamentally
  • generally
  • importantly
  • in the first place
  • in the main
  • largely
  • materially
  • mostly
  • notably
  • particularly
  • peculiarly
  • predominantly
  • preeminently
  • prevailingly
  • prevalently
  • primarily
  • substantially
  • superlatively
  • supremely
  • to a great degree
  • universally
  • vitally

usually
adv. for the most part
  • as a rule
  • as is the custom
  • as is usual
  • as usual
  • by and large
  • commonly
  • consistently
  • customarily
  • frequently
  • generally
  • habitually
  • in the main
  • mainly
  • more often than not
  • most often
  • mostly
  • normally
  • now and again
  • now and then
  • occasionally
  • on the whole
  • once and again
  • ordinarily
  • regularly
  • routinely
  • sometimes

above all
adv. most importantly
  • chiefly
  • especially
  • importantly
  • in particular
  • mainly
  • most of all
  • mostly
  • primarily
  • principally
  • supremely

habitually
adv. usually
  • as a rule
  • as is the custom
  • as is usual
  • as usual
  • by and large
  • commonly
  • consistently
  • customarily
  • frequently
  • generally
  • in the main
  • mainly
  • more often than not
  • most often
  • mostly
  • naturally
  • normally
  • now and again
  • now and then
  • occasionally
  • oft

routinely
adv. usually
  • as a rule
  • as is the custom
  • as is usual
  • as usual
  • by and large
  • commonly
  • consistently
  • customarily
  • frequently
  • generally
  • habitually
  • in the main
  • mainly
  • more often than not
  • most often
  • mostly
  • naturally
  • normally
  • now and again
  • now and then
  • occasionally
  • often
  • on the whole
  • once and again
  • ordinarily
  • per usual
  • regularly
  • sometimes
  • typically

typically
adv. usually
  • as a rule
  • as is the custom
  • as is usual
  • as usual
  • by and large
  • commonly
  • consistently
  • customarily
  • frequently
  • generally
  • habitually
  • in the main
  • mainly
  • more often than not
  • most often
  • mostly
  • naturally
  • normally
  • now and again
  • now and then
  • occasionally
  • often
  • on the whole
  • once and again
  • ordinarily
  • per usual
  • regularly
  • routinely
  • sometimes
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Example Sentences for mostly

But mostly they hunt for this Andrew Lanning a dozen at a time.

He can't take things on trust, and he'll mostly take 'em, anyway.

He thought of many things, but mostly of the promise he had made his mother.

They were mostly Beadle's Dime Novels, which had a great sale at the time.

They average about the same as they do in anything else, mostly good, I think.

It seems to be mostly 'me' and 'mine,' and it's not the real truth concerning this house.

The practical application of my teaching interests you mostly.

The modest assemblage of seven people, mostly under age, dispersed.

"That'll be mostly hidden by his whiskers, when they grow," observed her guardian.

The way she spoke was ludicrous, but what she said was mostly plain truth.

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