dictionary definitions for "mostly"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  mostly
      adv 1: in large part; mainly or chiefly; "These accounts are
             largely inactive" [syn: largely, {for the most
             part}]
      2: usually; as a rule; "by and large it doesn't rain much here"
          [syn: by and large, generally, more often than not]
         

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mostly \Most"ly\, adv.
     For the greatest part; for the most part; chiefly; in the
     main.
     [1913 Webster]


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