as in mainly
for the most part
the weather this month has been mostly mild
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of mostly
McHayle brought a coffee and a croissant and, during her first watch, was mostly just assessing how much of her work made the final cut.
—
Matthew Huff, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2025
So, people are mostly worried about the new couple and, of course, Mackenzie Scott’s charitable endeavors.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Oct. 2025
Surgeons mostly agree the demure look is in demand.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 15 Oct. 2025
This shows up mostly in the boundlessness of the edges—or really, the lack of edges.
—Grace Edquist, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mostly
Matthew Huff, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2025
So, people are mostly worried about the new couple and, of course, Mackenzie Scott’s charitable endeavors.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Oct. 2025
Surgeons mostly agree the demure look is in demand.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 15 Oct. 2025
This shows up mostly in the boundlessness of the edges—or really, the lack of edges.
—Grace Edquist, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mostly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mostly
Adverb
-
Among adolescents and young adults, the largest increase in deaths over the past decade or so was among those ages 20 to 39 in high-income North America, mainly due to suicide, drug overdose and high quantities of alcohol, according to the IHME research.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
-
The coins reflect a time of turmoil Archaeologists have confirmed that the coins mainly date to the 12th century.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Oct. 2025
Adverb
-
But for all that lean bulkers profess online that their physical changes serve their health, many of them are primarily motivated by aesthetics.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
17 Oct. 2025
-
The answers to these questions are the subject of an exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts of close to 100 works — primarily contemporary — by 62 Anishinaabe artists from 21 tribes from Michigan and the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada.—
Jane L. Levere,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
-
Tea was consumed chiefly in private; Mother poured out.—
Jane Kamensky,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
-
Martin, whose first language is Swedish, is chiefly concerned with melody.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
Adverb
-
However, unlike beer or cheese, where microbes are intentionally introduced and controlled, fermentation in cocoa beans is a spontaneous process and largely uncontrolled.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Oct. 2025
-
The Ellison family has 100% voting control over Paramount Skydance; the Paramount-Skydance deal was largely bankrolled by Oracle founder Larry Ellison (David’s father).—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
18 Oct. 2025
Adverb
-
The Bangladeshi ‘Gen Z revolution’ involved weeks of intense protests, predominantly led by students, and resulted in the ousting of the nation’s long-serving leader Sheikh Hasina.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
-
The children were predominantly Black, and Lorincz, a white woman then in her late fifties, interpreted their ordinary play as an ongoing crime, or a conspiracy to drive her insane.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
-
This crowd-pleaser doesn’t principally tell Jarrett’s story, though, but that of the promoter, Vera Brandes, who began booking musicians as a teenager and was not yet 20 at the time of Jarrett’s triumph.—
Ben Kenigsberg,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
-
Our commerce writer Julia Harrison writes that her Moccamaster One Cup is a delight, principally because of its simplicity as a drip coffee maker—free of extraneous frothers or digital interfaces or timers.—
Blake Bakkila,
Architectural Digest,
8 Oct. 2025
Adverb
-
All that did was basically balance out the four division series, where the home teams went 12-6.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
-
For those who treat their java ritual as a sacred chemistry experiment, the Fellow Tally Pro Precision scale, which has three modes for perfect proportions, is basically like having your own café.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
15 Oct. 2025
Adverb
-
Semafor traced it to a pair of US life insurers that had funneled policyholders’ cash to 777’s Bermudan reinsurer, which invested it into sports teams, airplanes, a payday lender, and a failing budget airline, among other bets generally unsuited for insurance guarantees.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
18 Oct. 2025
-
It is generally assumed that San Francisco 49ers star linebacker Fred Warner is out for the rest of the season after suffering a broken and dislocated ankle last Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Mostly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mostly. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share