mostly

[ˈmoʊstli]

Definition:
1. In large part; mainly or chiefly.
2. Usually; as a rule.

Use 'mostly' in a sentence:

• 1. The sauce is mostly cream.
• 2. We're mostly out on Sundays.
• 3. The American Congress and media mostly missed the point about all this.
• 4. In fact, the recordings were mostly unrehearsed improvisations.
• 5. Mostly, they fight about paying bills.
• 6. Our long courtship had been conducted mostly by letter.
• 7. Gwen had not seen her dad all that much, because mostly he worked on the ships.
• 8. They have mostly invested their money in expensive real estate.
• 9. Her own twelve pictures sold fairly well, mostly to friends and family.
• 10. When I was a fashion editor, I mostly wore white shirts and black or navy trousers.
• 11. Somalia is mostly desert.
• 12. The phantom used to appear unexpectedly, but mostly during the winter.
• 13. She's nearly 90 and mostly keeps to her room.
• 14. He uses mostly subways and trains.
• 15. The president invited 3,500 guests, mostly White House staffers and their families.
• 16. Conservationists are mostly wedded to preserving diversity in nature.
• 17. I was meeting these chaps who were mostly more or less my own age.
• 18. But now he uses mostly subways and trains.
• 19. Mostly handbags, and small leather goods.
• 20. For a healthy diet, you should eat mostly rice, bread, vegetables and fruit.
• 21. Back then, women on TV were mostly seen as eye candy.
• 22. There was mostly silence. I have never known such economy with words.
• 23. They feed mostly on decaying vegetable matter.
• 24. The scheme mostly benefits people in the North and Midlands.
• 25. Statistical methods are also often untapped, mostly because we tend to forget them after completing our degrees.
• 26. He wants to set up a profit-making company, owned mostly by the university.
• 27. The main characters were mostly Caucasian.
• 28. I am working with mostly highly motivated people.
• 29. More than 50 arrests were made, mostly for drug-related offences.
• 30. The hard-line speech appears to be mostly for domestic consumption.
• 31. 1.4 million council homes have been sold, mostly to sitting tenants.
• 32. Second, they are mostly bright and well-educated.
• 33. They are mostly secondary school students.
• 34. It exists mostly among children from poor families.
• 35. As I said earlier, it's mostly vegetables.
• 36. A further nine people, mostly children, are reported missing.
• 37. They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.
• 38. She was counting out 30p, mostly in small change, into my hand.
• 39. Waylay people—that's mostly the way.
• 40. Where do you live mostly now?
• 41. I think making cakes is mostly my hobby.
• 42. Since 1804 the country has mostly been ruled by tyrants.
• 43. He mostly stayed at home tucking up the children.
• 44. Which school are they from mostly?
• 45. She was counting out a dollar, mostly in small change, into my hand.
• 46. Students' interests are mostly limited to the academic realm.
• 47. Patients are mostly referred to hospital by their general practitioners.
• 48. Cars are mostly metal.
• 49. His fan base is mostly middle-aged ladies.
• 50. The guests were mostly middle-aged men talking business.
• 51. They are mostly advanced workers.
• 52. I live mostly on coffee and ginger ale.
• 53. These products were bought mostly by urban businesses.