Mostly

//ˈməʊstli//

Synonyms for "mostly" (101 found)

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derived from

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related to

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Translations

87 translations across 39 languages.

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Armenian

1 entries
  • հիմնականում adv (for the most part)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • башлыса adv (for the most part)

Basque

1 entries
  • gehienbat adv (for the most part)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • найболей adv (for the most part)

Breton

2 entries
  • peurliesañ adv (for the most part)
  • peurvuiañ adv (for the most part)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • в по-голямата си част adv (for the most part)
  • в повечето случаи adv (for the most part)
  • главно adv (for the most part)
  • обикновено adv (for the most part)

Catalan

2 entries
  • per damunt de tot adv (for the most part)
  • sobretot adv (for the most part)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 大多 adv (for the most part)
  • 大抵 adv (for the most part)
  • 大都 adv (for the most part)

Czech

3 entries
  • převážně adv (for the most part)
  • vesměs adv (for the most part)
  • většinou adv (for the most part)

Dutch

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  • meestal adv (for the most part)
  • overwegend adv (for the most part)
  • voornamelijk adv (for the most part)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • plejparte adv (for the most part)
  • plimulte adv (for the most part)

Faroese

1 entries
  • mest adv (for the most part)

Finnish

2 entries
  • enimmäkseen adv (for the most part)
  • lähinnä adv (for the most part)

French

2 entries
  • majoritairement adv (for the most part)
  • surtout adv (for the most part)

German

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  • größtenteils adv (for the most part)
  • meistens adv (for the most part)
  • weitgehend adv (for the most part)
  • überwiegend adv (for the most part)

Hindi

2 entries
  • अधिकतर adv (for the most part)
  • ज़्यादातर adv (for the most part)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • jobbára adv (for the most part)
  • jórészt adv (for the most part)
  • nagyrészt adv (for the most part)
  • túlnyomórészt adv (for the most part)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • enemmäst adv (for the most part)

Irish

2 entries
  • d'fhormhór adv (for the most part)
  • go formhór adv (for the most part)

Italian

2 entries
  • per lo più adv (for the most part)
  • soprattutto adv (for the most part)

Japanese

3 entries
  • たいてい adv (for the most part)
  • 大体は adv (for the most part)
  • 大方は adv (for the most part)

Korean

2 entries
  • 대개 adv (for the most part)
  • 대체로 adv (for the most part)

Latin

1 entries
  • plērumque adv (for the most part)

Polish

3 entries
  • głównie adv (for the most part)
  • przeważnie adv (for the most part)
  • w głównej mierze adv (for the most part)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • normalmente adv (for the most part)
  • principalmente adv (for the most part)
  • sobretudo adv (for the most part)

Romanian

3 entries
  • mai ales adv (for the most part)
  • mai cu seamă adv (for the most part)
  • în special adv (for the most part)

Russian

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  • в основно́м adv (for the most part)
  • гла́вным о́бразом adv (for the most part)
  • по бо́льшей ча́сти adv (for the most part)
  • ча́ще всего́ adv (for the most part)

Scots

2 entries
  • maistlins adv (for the most part)
  • maistly adv (for the most part)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • prevashodno adv (for the most part)
  • uglavnom adv (for the most part)
  • превасходно adv (for the most part)
  • углавном adv (for the most part)

Slovak

1 entries
  • predovšetkým adv (for the most part)

Slovene

2 entries
  • predvsém adv (for the most part)
  • v glávnem adv (for the most part)

Spanish

4 entries
  • en su mayoría adv (for the most part)
  • más que nada adv (for the most part)
  • principalmente adv (for the most part)
  • sobre todo adv (for the most part)

Swedish

1 entries
  • mestadels adv (for the most part)

Tamil

1 entries
  • பெரும்பாலும் adv (for the most part)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • головним чином adv (for the most part)
  • звичайно adv (for the most part)
  • здебільшого adv (for the most part)
  • переважно adv (for the most part)

Urdu

1 entries
  • زیاداتر adv (for the most part)

Volapük

1 entries
  • mödadilo adv (for the most part)

Welsh

2 entries
  • at ei gilydd adv (for the most part)
  • yn bennaf adv (for the most part)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • almeast adv (for the most part)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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A motel is like a hotel only much smaller and is used mostly by people traveling by automobile.

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The pain has mostly gone away.

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The movie was cast mostly with Americans.

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This substance is mostly composed of hydrogen and oxygen.

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