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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Her baskets are generally not for sale because she only makes them for family and friends, she said.

From Los Angeles Times

For one thing, notes UC Berkeley economist Gabriel Zucman, an advocate of wealth taxes generally, “it has become impossible to avoid the tax by leaving the state.”

From Los Angeles Times

Musk, however, offers more aspirational ideas—and generally misses his timelines.

From Barron's

It generally results in particularly powerful gusts of wind over a period of a few hours.

From BBC

But Iraola has generally done well with minimising the impact of such departures.

From BBC

generally

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