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most·ly  (mstl)
adv.
1. For the greatest part; mainly.
2. Generally; usually.

mostly
Adverb
1. almost entirely; generally: the men at the party were mostly young
2. on many or most occasions; usually: rattlesnakes mostly hunt at night
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.mostly - in large part; mainly or chiefly; "These accounts are largely inactive"
2.mostly - usually; as a rule; "by and large it doesn't rain much here"

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Spanish mostly [ˈməustlɪ] adven su mayor parte, principalmente
French mostly [ˈməustlɪ] most adv (= chiefly) → surtout, principalement (= usually); généralement
German mostly [ˈməustlɪ] adv (chiefly) → hauptsächlich;
(usually) → meistens

Italian mostly [ˈməustlɪ] advper lo più

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Comrades of the thunder and companions of death, I cannot but regard it as singularly fortunate that we who by conviction and sympathy are designated by nature as the champions of that fairest of her products, the white metal, should also, by a happy chance, be engaged mostly in the business of mining it.
This little coterie of friends was composed of seven famous men, who possessed many talents in common, being poets and musicians, alchemists, philosophers, and mostly hard drinkers as well.
But anyway, he gets out by himself and mopes and thinks; and mostly he hunts for a lonesome place high up on the hill in the edge of the woods, and sets there and looks away off on the big Mississippi down there a-reaching miles and miles around the points where the timber looks smoky and dim it's so far off and still, and everything's so solemn it seems like everybody you've loved is dead and gone, and you 'most wish you was dead and gone too, and done with it all.
 
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