Most /(mōst)/

Most

a.
  1. Consisting of the greatest number or quantity; greater in number or quantity than all the rest; nearly all.
    The cities wherein most of his mighty works were done.
    — Matt. xi. 20.
  2. Greatest in degree; as, he has the most need of it.
  3. Highest in rank; greatest. [Obs.]
    A quarter of a year or some months at the most.
    A covetous man makes the most of what he has.

Phrases & Compounds
For the most part
in reference to the larger part of a thing, or to the majority of the persons, instances, or things referred to; as, human beings, for the most part, are superstitious; the view, for the most part, was pleasing.
Most an end
generally. See An end, under End, n.

Most

adv.
  1. In the greatest or highest degree.
    Those nearest to this king, and most his favorites, were courtiers and prelates.
    The most unkindest cut of all.
    The most straitest sect of our religion.