mostly
advérbiocorrente nos diálogos
- Reino Unido//ˈməʊstli//
- Estados Unidos//ˈmoʊstli//
- Estados Unidos//ˈmoʊsli//
Mainly or chiefly; for the most part; usually, generally, on the whole.
advérbio
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Mainly or chiefly; for the most part; usually, generally, on the whole.
They're mostly good people, although they have made a few mistakes.
Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
- 2
obsoletoTo the greatest extent; most.
She was to be their chosen visitor, she was to be for weeks under the same roof with the person whose society she mostly prized [...]!
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Synonym of probably, likely.
Etimologia
Etymology tree English most Middle English -ly English -ly English mostly From most + -ly. The sense “probably” is a calque from Indian languages such as Tamil அனேகமாக (aṉēkamāka).
mostly · Mainly or chiefly; for the most part; usually, generally, on the whole.
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