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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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Simo, who also leads OpenAI’s communications team, had been talking to CEO Sam Altman about finding a way to own the messaging around not just their company, but AI more generally.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Other reviews of Easter Lily have been generally favourable.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Supreme Court justices generally disclose little, if any, information about their health.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Recessions are generally characterized, in the first instance, by the substitution of a sudden, sharp, upward movement in the unemployment rate for a gradual downward or sideways movement.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Eliza generally took no more notice of her sister’s indolence and complaints than if no such murmuring, lounging object had been before her.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.