Mostly and Somewhat

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Mostly adverb - For the most part.

Usage example: the weather this month has been mostly mild

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Somewhat and mostly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Somewhat" instead an adverb "Mostly".

Nearby Word: most

Somewhat adverb - To some degree or extent.

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Mostly and somewhat are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mostly" instead an adverb "Somewhat".

Only after the occupation of New Caprica the general populace has had enough experience of the Cylons to realize that they are really people, even though machine people mostly considered somewhat unfairly, but for a fairly good reason (almost destroying the human civilization), evil.

Source: Mechanical Lifeforms
There's a somewhat similar debate in the UK, although the current electoral systems aren't the same (the UK has FPTP while France mostly has two-stage runoff elections).

Source: Useful Notes / French Political System
Subverted somewhat in that he is actually fought multiple times, mostly through avatars of himself, but not always.

Source: Orcus on His Throne

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