mostly Copy link Outline I. For the most part, principallyII. Usually1. plērumque (very generally, oftentimes2. fĕrē (commonly)3. fermē (like fere, of which it is strictly a strengthened form)4. vulgo • mostly: I. For the most part, principally: maximam partem: v. most, adj. (2). See also principally. II. Usually: 1. plērumque (very generally, oftentimes: cf. most, adj., 3): Hor. Od. 1, 34, 7: in Cic. Or. 51, 170, plerumque casu, saepe natura, plerumque appears to denote less than saepe = a good many times: but more freq. it denotes pretty regular occurrence: cf. id. Div. 1, 56, fin., aut semper aut, si id difficile est, plerumque, either always, or if that be next to impossible, yet ordinarily or mostly. 2. fĕrē (commonly): as m. happens, quod f. solet fieri, Cic. Inv. 1, 29, 46; ut f. fit, ib. 2, 4, 14 (but perh. oftener simply, ut fit, id. Mil. 10, 28: Liv.): Ter. 3. fermē (like fere, of which it is strictly a strengthened form): as m. results, quod f. evenit, Cic. Rep. 1, 42: v. usually. 4. vulgo: v. generally (II., 2).
MOSTLY Copy link • MOSTLYFor the most part, maximam partem; maxima ex parte. Most frequently, generally, plerumque (opposed to semper): plurimum; vulgo (with reference to a number of subjects, by which a thing is done or in which it has place); fere (commonly).