How to use mostly in a sentence. The work is mostly done Mostly is an adverb that means ‘mainly’
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… the story seemed to be mostly true
The group is mostly teenagers, with a few younger children
In the smaller towns, it's mostly (= usually) very quiet at nights The band is mostly (= most of them are) teenagers. For the most most much part See examples of mostly used in a sentence.
You use mostly to indicate that a statement is generally true, for example true about the majority of a group of things or people, true most of the time, or true in most respects. Mainly, primarily, chiefly, largely, predominantly, principally, basically, generally Entirely, completely, wholly, fully, totally, perfectly, thoroughly, just Definition of mostly adverb in oxford advanced learner's dictionary
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