Sentence:  Without exception Hino 's brothers turned to either one or both of their father 's occupations , but Hino showed a talent for neither and instead spent <WSD>most</WSD> of his time on the beach where he repaired nets and proved immensely popular as a storyteller . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the superlative of `much' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning the greatest in amount or extent or degree