mostly in English: Almost all of the time, or almost all of something. (adverb)

/ˈməʊst.li/

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Translation

Almost all of the time, or almost all of something.

Word origin

From most plus the ending -ly, which turns a word into an adverb about how much or how often.

Here "mostly" means almost all of them.

Here "mostly" means nearly always.

"Mostly" tells you which part is the biggest part.

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This word is part of lesson 38.