"mostly" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈməʊstli/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmoʊstli/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-mostly.ogg [US]
Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊstli, (General American) -oʊstli Etymology: most + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|most|ly}} most + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} mostly (not comparable)
  1. Mainly or chiefly; for the most part; usually, generally, on the whole. Tags: not-comparable Translations (for the most part): հիմնականում (himnakanum) (Armenian), башлыса (başlısa) (Bashkir), gehienbat (Basque), найболей (najbóljej) (Belarusian), peurvuiañ (Breton), peurliesañ (Breton), в по-голямата си част (v po-goljamata si čast) (Bulgarian), главно (glavno) (Bulgarian), в повечето случаи (v povečeto slučai) (Bulgarian), обикновено (obiknoveno) (Bulgarian), sobretot (Catalan), per damunt de tot (Catalan), 大多 (dàduō) (Chinese Mandarin), 大抵 (dàdǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 大都 (dàdū) (Chinese Mandarin), převážně (Czech), většinou (Czech), vesměs (Czech), meestal (Dutch), overwegend (Dutch), voornamelijk (Dutch), plimulte (Esperanto), mest (Faroese), enimmäkseen (Finnish), lähinnä (Finnish), surtout (French), majoritairement (French), meistens (German), überwiegend (German), weitgehend (German), größtenteils (German), ज़्यादातर (zyādātar) (Hindi), अधिकतर (adhiktar) (Hindi), nagyrészt (Hungarian), jórészt (Hungarian), zömmel (Hungarian), túlnyomórészt (Hungarian), jobbára (Hungarian), enemmäst (Ingrian), go formhór (Irish), d'fhormhór (Irish), soprattutto (Italian), per lo più (Italian), 大方は (ōkata wa) (alt: おおかたは) (Japanese), 大体は (daitai wa) (alt: だいたいは) (Japanese), たいてい (taitei) (alt: 大抵) (Japanese), 대체로 (daechero) (Korean), 대개 (daegae) (alt: 大槪) (Korean), plērumque (Latin), głównie (Polish), przeważnie (alt: 1) (Polish), w głównej mierze (Polish), sobretudo (Portuguese), principalmente (Portuguese), normalmente (Portuguese), în special (Romanian), mai ales (Romanian), mai cu seamă (Romanian), по бо́льшей ча́сти (po bólʹšej části) (Russian), гла́вным о́бразом (glávnym óbrazom) (Russian), ча́ще всего́ (čášče vsevó) (Russian), в основно́м (v osnovnóm) (Russian), maistly (Scots), maistlins (Scots), превасходно [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), углавном [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), prevashodno [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), uglavnom [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), predovšetkým (Slovak), predvsém (Slovene), v glávnem (Slovene), principalmente (Spanish), sobre todo (Spanish), mestadels (Swedish), головним чином (holovnym čynom) (Ukrainian), здебільшого (zdebilʹšoho) (Ukrainian), переважно (perevažno) (Ukrainian), звичайно (zvyčajno) (Ukrainian), زیاداتر (zyādātar) (Urdu), mödadilo (Volapük), yn bennaf (Welsh), at ei gilydd (Welsh), almeast (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-mostly-en-adv-RzvjSWso Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'for the most part': 100 0
  2. (obsolete) To the greatest extent; most. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-mostly-en-adv-t1JknI9-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: partially Hyponyms: usually Derived forms: mostly plus Related terms: degree, extent, very [without qualification], fundamentally, intrinsically, normally [in a normal manner]

Alternative forms

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          "text": "They're mostly good people, although they have made a few mistakes.",
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          "ref": "2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, pages 72–3",
          "text": "Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "himnakanum",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "հիմնականում"
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          "sense": "for the most part",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "for the most part",
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "najbóljej",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "найболей"
        },
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "for the most part",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "peurliesañ"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "v po-goljamata si čast",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "в по-голямата си част"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "glavno",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "главно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "v povečeto slučai",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "в повечето случаи"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "obiknoveno",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "обикновено"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "sobretot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "per damunt de tot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dàduō",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "大多"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dàdǐ",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "大抵"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dàdū",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "大都"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "převážně"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "většinou"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "vesměs"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "meestal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "overwegend"
        },
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "voornamelijk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "plimulte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "mest"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "enimmäkseen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "lähinnä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "surtout"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "majoritairement"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "meistens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "überwiegend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "weitgehend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "größtenteils"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "zyādātar",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "ज़्यादातर"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "adhiktar",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "अधिकतर"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "nagyrészt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "jórészt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "zömmel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "túlnyomórészt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "jobbára"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "enemmäst"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "go formhór"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "d'fhormhór"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "soprattutto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "per lo più"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "alt": "おおかたは",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ōkata wa",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "大方は"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "alt": "だいたいは",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "daitai wa",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "大体は"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "alt": "大抵",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "taitei",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "たいてい"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "daechero",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "대체로"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "alt": "大槪",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "daegae",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "대개"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "plērumque"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "głównie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "alt": "1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "przeważnie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "w głównej mierze"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "sobretudo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "principalmente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "normalmente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "în special"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "mai ales"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "mai cu seamă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "po bólʹšej části",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "по бо́льшей ча́сти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "glávnym óbrazom",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "гла́вным о́бразом"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "čášče vsevó",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "ча́ще всего́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "v osnovnóm",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "в основно́м"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "maistly"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "maistlins"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "превасходно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "углавном"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "prevashodno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "uglavnom"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "predovšetkým"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "predvsém"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "v glávnem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "principalmente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "sobre todo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "mestadels"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "holovnym čynom",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "головним чином"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zdebilʹšoho",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "здебільшого"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "perevažno",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "переважно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zvyčajno",
          "sense": "for the most part",
          "word": "звичайно"
        },
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      "code": "hy",
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      "sense": "for the most part",
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      "word": "башлыса"
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      "code": "eu",
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      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "gehienbat"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "najbóljej",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "найболей"
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      "code": "br",
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      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "peurvuiañ"
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      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "peurliesañ"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "word": "в по-голямата си част"
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      "sense": "for the most part",
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      "roman": "v povečeto slučai",
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      "word": "в повечето случаи"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obiknoveno",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "обикновено"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "sobretot"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "per damunt de tot"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàduō",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "大多"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "dàdǐ",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "大抵"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàdū",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "大都"
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      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "převážně"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "většinou"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "vesměs"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "for the most part",
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      "word": "plimulte"
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "mest"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "enimmäkseen"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "lähinnä"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "surtout"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "majoritairement"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "meistens"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "for the most part",
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "weitgehend"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "größtenteils"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "zyādātar",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "ज़्यादातर"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "adhiktar",
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      "word": "अधिकतर"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "nagyrészt"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "for the most part",
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "for the most part",
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "word": "túlnyomórészt"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "jobbára"
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    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "enemmäst"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "go formhór"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "d'fhormhór"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "soprattutto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "per lo più"
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    {
      "alt": "おおかたは",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ōkata wa",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "大方は"
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    {
      "alt": "だいたいは",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "daitai wa",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "大体は"
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    {
      "alt": "大抵",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "taitei",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "たいてい"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "daechero",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "대체로"
    },
    {
      "alt": "大槪",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "daegae",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "대개"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "plērumque"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "głównie"
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    {
      "alt": "1",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "przeważnie"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "w głównej mierze"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "sobretudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "principalmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "normalmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "în special"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "mai ales"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "mai cu seamă"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "po bólʹšej části",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "по бо́льшей ча́сти"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glávnym óbrazom",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "гла́вным о́бразом"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čášče vsevó",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "ча́ще всего́"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v osnovnóm",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "в основно́м"
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    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "maistly"
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    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "maistlins"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
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      "word": "превасходно"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
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      "word": "углавном"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
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      "word": "prevashodno"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "uglavnom"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "predovšetkým"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "predvsém"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "v glávnem"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "principalmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "sobre todo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "mestadels"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "holovnym čynom",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "головним чином"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zdebilʹšoho",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "здебільшого"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perevažno",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "переважно"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zvyčajno",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "звичайно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "zyādātar",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "زیاداتر"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "mödadilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "yn bennaf"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "at ei gilydd"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "for the most part",
      "word": "almeast"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mostly"
}
{
  "called_from": "translations/324",
  "msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Dutch: (1) meestal (nl), overwegend (nl), voornamelijk (nl)",
  "path": [
    "mostly"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adverb",
  "title": "mostly",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "translations/324",
  "msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Japanese: 大方は (ja) (おおかたは, ōkata wa) (1), 大体は (ja) (だいたいは, daitai wa) (1), たいてい (ja) (大抵, taitei)",
  "path": [
    "mostly"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adverb",
  "title": "mostly",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1930",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": 1 vs. おおかたは",
  "path": [
    "mostly"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adverb",
  "title": "mostly",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1930",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": 1 vs. だいたいは",
  "path": [
    "mostly"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adverb",
  "title": "mostly",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "translations/324",
  "msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Polish: (1, 2) głównie (pl), przeważnie (pl) (1), w głównej mierze (pl)",
  "path": [
    "mostly"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adverb",
  "title": "mostly",
  "trace": ""
}

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