Throughout vs Mostly - What's the difference?
throughout | mostly |
In every part of; all through.
*1748 , David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973, §5:
*:And though a philosopher may live remote from business, the genius of philosophy, if carefully cultivated by several, must gradually diffuse itself throughout the whole society.
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, chapter=2, title= (label) Completely through, right the way through.
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*:Syr she said here came a knyght rydyng as my lord and I rested vs here / and asked hym of whens he was / and my lord said of Arthurs courte / therfore said the stronge knyght I wille Iuste with the / for I hate alle these that ben of Arthurs Courte / And my lord that lyeth here dede amounted vpon his hors / and the stronge knyght and my lord encountred to gyder / and there he smote my lord thorugh oute with his spere
In every part; everywhere.
During an entire period of time.
*2012 ,
*:Chelsea's youngsters, who looked lively throughout , then combined for the second goal in the seventh minute. Romeu's shot was saved by Wolves goalkeeper Dorus De Vries but Piazon kept the ball alive and turned it back for an unmarked Bertrand to blast home.
Mainly or chiefly; for the most part; usually, generally, on the whole.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=72-3, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (obsolete) To the greatest extent; most.
* 1817 , , Northanger Abbey , [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUbXHRIbRIC&dq=northanger+abbey+search+austen&pg=PP1&ots=EDH1Xu36el&sig=J7fVUwXmydAD36S8oLTWv2-ICNk&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA163,M1]:
In obsolete terms the difference between throughout and mostly
is that throughout is completely through, right the way through while mostly is to the greatest extent; most.As a preposition throughout
is in every part of; all through.throughout
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Preposition
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Adverb
(-)Chelsea 6-0 Wolves
See also
* passim English prepositionsmostly
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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 [...]!