for the greatest part

His first work, a heroic poem in ten books, on Prince Arthur, was written, he related, by “such catches and starts, and in such occasional uncertain hours as his profession afforded, and for the greatest part in coffee-houses, or in passing up and down the streets.”

In practice the feed is so sensitive that for the greatest part of the time the movement of the rod cannot be detected without some actual measurement.

Nothing can equal their passion for drunkenness, but that of the French inhabitants, who are for the greatest part drunk every day, while they can get drink to buy in the Colony.

Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.

The decrease in the number of prison inmates can also for the greatest part be attributed to the pardons granted.