for the greatest part

ADVERB

almost

Synonyms

STRONGEST

about approximately around essentially most much practically relatively roughly virtually

STRONG

nigh well-nigh

WEAK

about to all but as good as bordering on close to close upon for all practical purposes in effect in the neighborhood of in the vicinity of just about near to not far from not quite on the brink of on the edge of on the point of on the verge of pretty near substantially within sight of

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The result of your husband's undertaking will depend for the greatest part on you.

From The Home by Howitt, Mary (Mary Botham)

And by this uninteresting minuteness, his style, for the greatest part, is rendered inelegant.

From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de

Peter himself worked for the greatest part of every day among the other workmen, wearing also the same dress that they wore.

From Peter the Great by Abbott, Jacob

Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

The decrease in the number of prison inmates can also for the greatest part be attributed to the pardons granted.

From The Future Belongs to the People by Liebknecht, Karl Paul August Friedrich

for the greatest part

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