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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Shifts in voter confidence are common after elections, with voters in winning parties generally expressing more confidence and voters in losing parties expressing less, said Thad Kousser, one of the center’s co-directors.

From Los Angeles Times

DD said most Croatians were "generally friendly", but without the ability to speak the local language, he had struggled to fit in.

From Barron's

IT workers, including Koh, were generally sent back to Pyongyang every two or three years for roughly a month of “re-education,” to reinstate loyalty after being exposed to foreign information.

From The Wall Street Journal

But incumbent CEOs are generally stepping down sooner than they traditionally have.

From The Wall Street Journal

The bigger cities like New York and Philadelphia boasted theaters, but for most American families across the 13 newly independent states, public entertainment options generally were limited to dances, feasts and local traveling fairs.

From The Wall Street Journal

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