mostly

[mohst-lee] / ˈmoʊst li /

ADVERB

generally, mainly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chiefly essentially frequently largely often particularly predominantly principally regularly usually

WEAK

above all almost entirely as a rule customarily for the most part in many instances many times most often on the whole overall primarily

Antonyms

STRONGEST

infrequently rarely seldom

Example Sentences

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If half a dozen people show up on a street corner with signs, they are mostly ignored.

From The Wall Street Journal

Baidu operates its Apollo Go driverless taxi service in dozens of cities across the world, mostly in China.

From BBC

Satellite data showed a record number of 4,750 hotspots across Thailand on Tuesday, mostly in forested areas.

From BBC

Five years later, that million-square-foot plant is mostly empty and losing money, a casualty of America’s messy breakup with electric vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal

Bitcoin and ether were trading higher on Tuesday, partially because the quantum risks to crypto may have been mostly priced in, according to Ryan Rasmussen, director and head of research at Bitwise Asset Management.

From MarketWatch

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