Synonyms

largely for_the_most_part

Examples

"These accounts are largely inactive"

Used in print

The bill 's defenders were mostly small-town legislators like J._W._Buchanan of Dumas , Eligio_(_Kika_)_de_la_Garza of Mission , Sam_F._Collins of Newton and Joe_Chapman of Sulphur_Springs .

Not that there had not been attempts , mostly European , to do exactly that .

While Protogeometric vases usually turn_up , especially outside Greece proper , together with as_many or more examples of local stamp , these `` non Greek '' patterns had mostly vanished by the later ninth century .

Mostly the scene was crowded with mourners , such_as the dramatic Dell'Arca_Lamentation in Bologna , where the grief-stricken spectators had usurped Mary 's last poignant moment .

It was thickly_settled by fifteen thousand citizens and laid_out into pig infested streets , mostly around the Battery , going bravely north to Wall_Street , but giving_up and becoming fields and farms in the region of Harlem_Heights .

Related terms

most most

Synonyms

generally more_often_than_not by_and_large

Examples

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

Used in print

Simultaneously , males or drones are produced , mostly from the unfertilized eggs of workers , although a few may be produced by the queen .

The plants along Route_128 are mostly well designed and nicely set against the New_England rocks and trees .