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# mostly

«mostly» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **almost all, or the biggest part** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Mostly means almost all, or the biggest part. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mostly/#m1)

2) Mostly means usually, most of the time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mostly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In reading, mostly tells you something is true for the largest part but not all. In science, the Earth's surface is mostly water; air is mostly nitrogen. In maths and data, "mostly" points to the biggest group in a chart. Phrases: mostly sunny, made mostly of, mostly true.

### examples

- The Hebrew language and its characters correspond mostly with the things they designate, and thus holy thoughts, Hebrew language (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mostly/#x1)
- The sky was mostly blue with a few clouds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mostly/#x2)
- The Earth's surface is mostly covered by water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mostly/#x3)
- I mostly walk to school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mostly/#x4)
- The class was mostly girls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mostly/#x5)
- The story is mostly true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mostly/#x6)
- Our dog eats mostly dry food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mostly/#x7)
- When she was old enough to ask them they were mostly about Peter Pan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mostly/#x8)

### note

Mostly is not the same as "all": mostly true still has a part that is false. Do not confuse "mostly" with "most": "most children" (adjective) but "the children were mostly happy" (adverb). In a maths problem, "mostly" means more than half, but you cannot get an exact number from it.

### In the corpora

- [The news mostly reports the worst and most urgent events, because that is what feels important to report.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/9/)
- [A shark's skeleton is made of cartilage, which is lighter and bendier than bone, so shark fossils are mostly teeth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/28-sharks/6/)
- [The octopus's body heart stops while it swims, so swimming tires it quickly, and octopuses mostly crawl over the rocks instead.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish/6/)
- [Chameleons change colour mostly to show their mood and to warm up or cool down, not mainly to match the background.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/88-reptile-house-komodo-chameleons-tortoises-crocodiles/7/)
- [Wild rabbits mostly eat grass, clover and leafy plants; carrots are sugary and should be only a small treat for pet rabbits.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mostly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mostly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.