mostly
/ˈmoʊstli/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Mainly or chiefly; for the most part; usually, generally, on the whole.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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 [...]!"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmoʊstli/
- British English: /ˈməʊstli/
Usage
Inflected Forms
mostlie (alternative)
moastly (alternative)