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mostly

 adverb
     
most‧ly S2 W3
used to talk about most members of a group, most occasions, most parts of something etc [= mainly]:
Green teas are mostly from China or Japan.
There were about fifteen people in the lounge, mostly women.
He blamed his parents. Mostly he blamed his dad.
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