Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Mostly"

A: Mostly means more of something than something else
Example "there are mostly purple pens in the middle of the red pens"

A: Almost all, or close to final

A: like 90% of something lol...
I'm mostly straight. (just a mere 10% gay)
I'm mostly white. (I'm mixed, but I'm mostly white)
I'm mostly single. (I'm not really in a committed relationship, but i am seeing someone)


mostly = most of all
I'm mostly tired of going to school.
Mostly, I'm tired of going to school.
Most of all (of the issues that bother me), I'm tired of going to school

*btw these example sentences don't necessarily apply to me, but I thought they best illustrated my points.

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A: 1. I mostly stay at the house all day, but I will occasionally go to the store.
2. Sometimes Frank and I will play at my house, but we mostly play at the park.

A: "The kids in her classroom are mostly quiet, but some are not"; "my history homework was mostly reading".

A: That's mostly right.  
They were mostly women.  
The pain has mostly gone away. 
Success depends mostly on effort. 
The audience was mostly businessmen.
Tom eats mostly fruits and vegetables, and only eats meat about once a week. 
Tom mostly kept to himself. 
I mostly agree with what he said.
Father mostly plays golf on Sunday. 
The audience were mostly adolescents.

A: "Mostly" 대부분 또는 대다수를 의미합니다.
The meal was mostly vegetables. (The majority of what was offered was vegetables)
The crowd was mostly young people. (There were more young people than old people in the crowd)
The room is mostly empty. (The majority of the room didn't have anything in it.)

Mainly 주로 또는 가장 중요한 부분을 의미합니다.
The meal was mainly vegetables. (The primary offering of the meal was vegetables)
The crowd was mainly young people. (The primary age group was young people)
He is mainly a singer (The thing he does primarily is sing).

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A: I’ve never thought about it, but I don’t think there’s much of a difference. I use both of them in conversations a lot and I still am grammatically correct in both ways. Hopefully this helped you and it didn’t confuse you!

A: most is an adjective meaning almost all e.g. most people have three meals a day.

mostly is an adverb meaning almost all, almost completely, mainly e.g. the weather has been mostly sunny this week.

A: Usually means most of the time or 9 times out of 10, sort of thing.
Mostly means almost all of something, more like 90%.

A: Largely talks about how big the item is
Mostly talks about how many item there are
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A: mostly.

A: I like to fix this and that, but i mostly, totally mess them. I might not be good at fixing something.

It will sound more natural if you say, “Even though I like to fix things, I usually end up making a mess of the situation.”

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