Collectively
Collectively adverb - With everyone or everything taken into account at the same time.
Mostly and collectively are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mostly" instead an adverb "Collectively".
Mostly
Mostly adverb - For the most part.
Collectively and mostly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Collectively" instead an adverb "Mostly".
Nearby Word: most
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- altogether and collectively
- altogether and mostly
- overall and collectively
- overall and mostly
- generally and collectively
- generally and mostly
- on the whole and collectively
- on the whole and mostly
- all in all and collectively
- all in all and mostly
- commonly and collectively
- commonly and mostly
- en masse and collectively
- en masse and mostly
Both words in one sentence
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The Slytherin House was mostly in the story to supply mean, cheating jerks who collectively hate the main hero and his cause and are beaten by him in Quidditch or in inter-House competition.
Source: Straw Loser -
She's such an abusive parent, that her current six children (known collectively as the Shadow Spawn) despise her and obey mostly out of fear; their predecessors were worse, having been behind several attempts on her life.
Source: Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas -
Most common in northeastern colonies known as New England, these groups (collectively known as "Congregationalists") had spent nearly two centuries of mostly benign neglect developing their local political institutions.
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