Mostly vs Normally - What's the difference?
mostly | normally |
Mainly or chiefly; for the most part; usually, generally, on the whole.
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, title= (obsolete) To the greatest extent; most.
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Under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
In the expected or customary manner.
To a usual or customary extent or degree.
(mathematics, statistics) In the manner of a variable with a Gaussian distribution.
As adverbs the difference between mostly and normally
is that mostly is mainly or chiefly; for the most part; usually, generally, on the whole while normally is under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time.mostly
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Alternative forms
* mostlie (obsolete) * moastly (obsolete)Adverb
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- She was to be their chosen visitor, she was to be for weeks under the same roof with the person whose society she mostly prized [...]!
Synonyms
* (mainly or chiefly) by and large, in the main, more often than notnormally
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Adverb
(en adverb)- Normally , I eat breakfast at 6am, but today, I got up late and didn't eat until 9.
- Lisa ate normally , until she realised that she was late for choir, when she sped up.
- He was abnormally agitated, she only normally so.