Definition of mostly

"mostly" in the adverb sense

1. largely, mostly, for the most part

in large part mainly or chiefly

"These accounts are largely inactive"

2. by and large, generally, more often than not, mostly

usually as a rule

"by and large it doesn't rain much here"

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Quotations for mostly

Men that are crafty deal mostly in generals. [ Proverb ]

Good dancers have mostly better heels than heads. [ Proverb ]

Your great admirers are mostly but silly fellows. [ Proverb ]

Arrogance is a weed that grows mostly in a dunghill. [ Proverb ]

Masters are mostly the greatest servants in the house. [ Proverb ]

Our pleasures are mostly imagined, but our griefs real. [ Proverb ]

Zeal is fit only for wise men, but is found mostly in fools. [ Proverb ]

Mostly, where the body is finely adorned, the soul is ungarnished. [ Proverb ]

Science lives only in quiet places, and with odd people, mostly poor. [ John Ruskin ]

In the actual condition of medical science, the physician mostly plays but the part of simple spectator of the sad episodes which his profession furnishes him. [ Magendie ]

Reason exercises merely the function of preserving order, is, so to say, the police in the region of art. In life it is mostly a cold arithmetician summing up our follies. [ Heine ]

Religion is again here, for whoever will piously struggle upward, and sacredly, sorrowfully refuse to speak lies, which indeed will mostly mean refuse to speak at all on that topic. [ Carlyle ]

mostly in Scrabble®

The word mostly is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters mostly:

MOSTLY
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word mostly

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mostly in Words With Friends™

The word mostly is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

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All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word mostly

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