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in a general way

ADVERB

partly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

at least partially slightly somewhat

WEAK

at best at most at worst bit by bit by degrees carelessly halfway in bits and pieces in part in some measure in some ways inadequately incompletely insufficiently little by little measurably not entirely not fully not strictly speaking not wholly notably noticeably piece by piece piecemeal relatively so far as possible to a certain degree to a certain extent up to a certain point within limits

Antonyms

WEAK

completely totally wholly

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In one set of simulations, the model accounted for smoke in a general way, by factoring in an estimate of background wildfire emissions.

From Science Magazine • May 9, 2023

Is it even possible to offer advice in a general way?

From Fox News • Mar. 28, 2022

Mr. Biden, he said, had solicited his help in a general way, but Mr. Yang added that “he and I have not come together on universal basic income.”

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2020

I’ve brought up the topic in a general way, usually after we’ve had a few drinks, and he always laughs, deflects, and says he just “likes all people.”

From Slate • Dec. 13, 2017

“I think,” said Joe, after meditating a long time, and looking rather evasively at the window-seat, “as I did hear tell that how he were something or another in a general way in that direction.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

in a general way

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