“mostly”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

mostly

释义

mostly, adv.|ˈməʊstlɪ|
[f. most a. + -ly².]
1. For the most part; in the main.
1594Carew Huarte's Exam. Wits 42 Mostly he made complements of verses very well composed.1627W. Sclater Exp. 2 Thess. (1629) 42 Our Religion is mostly talke and discourse.1719W. Wood Surv. Trade 82 The Goods after they are manufactured are mostly sent Abroad.1850Carlyle Latter-d. Pamph. vi. Parliaments, Twenty-seven millions mostly fools.1904H. Black Pract. Self-Culture iii. 77 A man whose mind has been mostly fallow ground will not easily take to the mental plough and hoe.
†2. In the greatest degree; to the greatest extent; most. Obs.
1691Emilianne's Observ. Journ. Naples 311 Those Women who mostly frequent the Confessionals..become [etc.].1754J. Shebbeare Matrimony (1766) I. 90 It [the epithet] was applied to those Things which were mostly esteemed.1768Woman of Honor I. 14 Children..being susceptible of any impressions,..mostly so of good ones.

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