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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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He’s also wondering whether CoreWeave can finance and deliver on its “aggressive” artificial-intelligence buildout more generally.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Over the years, the investment has looked like either a stroke of genius or a boondoggle, generally depending on the price of oil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

But I am also a writer, and while reading and writing generally happen in solitude, promoting your writing doesn’t.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

U.S. military commanders did what they generally do before launching an air and naval campaign—they drew up a list of targets and ordered which weapons would hit which targets when.

From Slate • Apr. 8, 2026

We seldom called him “master;” we generally called him “Captain Auld,” and were hardly disposed to title him at all.

From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass