mostly adv

1 in large part; mainly or chiefly; "These accounts are largely inactive" [syn: largely, for the most part]

2 usually; as a rule; "by and large it doesn't rain much here" [syn: by and large, generally, more often than not]

English

Pronunciation

Adverb

1. mainly or chiefly; for the greatest part
2. usually, generally; as a rule

Translations

Synonyms

• more often than not
• by and large

a fortiori, above all, all in all, all the more, all things considered, almost entirely, altogether, approximately, as a rule, as a whole, as an approximation, as per usual, as things go, as usual, at large, broadly, broadly speaking, by and large, chiefly, commonly, customarily, dominantly, effectually, especially, essentially, even, ever so, first of all, generally, generally speaking, habitually, in chief, in general, in the main, indeed, largely, mainly, more than ever, most often, naturally, never so, no end, normally, normatively, on balance, on the whole, ordinarily, overall, particularly, peculiarly, predominantly, prescriptively, prevailingly, primarily, principally, regularly, roughly, roughly speaking, routinely, speaking generally, still more, substantially, to be expected, usually, virtually, yea