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generally adv.
more or less adv.

ADVERB

generally

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 the whole overall popularly practically predominantly primarily principally regularly roundly thereabouts

Antonyms

STRONGEST

rarely sometimes unusually

WEAK

exactly particularly seldom specifically

ADVERB

more or less

Synonyms

WEAK

about almost around ballpark figure bordering on circa close to in the ballpark in the neighborhood of in the vicinity of just about not far from not quite relatively roughly thereabouts very close

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Those who try to predict the trend of interest rates on average are wrong more than they’re right.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

"Just because on average it's lower than somewhere else doesn't mean that people are going to be able to afford it."

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Top customers spent on average 9.4% more during the quarter than they did during the same period a year ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

It is indeed the case that stocks on average perform poorly as interest rates are rising, as the present value of their futures earnings is discounted at higher and higher rates.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

It should occur on average seven times per year, separated by intervals just slightly longer than that endured by Noah on his putative ark.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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