generally

[jen-er-uh-lee] / ˈdʒɛn ər ə li /

ADVERB

mainly, in most cases

Synonyms

STRONGEST

broadly commonly customarily largely mostly normally ordinarily publicly roughly typically universally usually widely

WEAK

about all in all almost always altogether approximately as a rule by and large chiefly conventionally en masse extensively for the most part habitually on average on the whole overall popularly practically predominantly primarily principally regularly roundly thereabouts

Antonyms

STRONGEST

rarely sometimes unusually

WEAK

exactly particularly seldom specifically

Example Sentences

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Underemployment counts as working in a job that generally does not require a college degree, researchers said.

From MarketWatch

Coding applications have emerged as one of the most important—and profitable—uses of enterprise AI, with Anthropic’s Claude Code generally regarded as the market leader.

From The Wall Street Journal

South Korean filmmakers generally accept generative AI as an unstoppable trend, if not a silver bullet that could save an industry beleaguered by rising costs.

From BBC

The IRS generally has three years to inspect a return for accuracy once it’s been filed.

From MarketWatch

It’s “a persistent pattern generally attached to nefarious tricks such as channel stuffing, aggressive revenue recognition or extended payment terms used as sales concessions,” Burry said in a recent Substack post.

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generally

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