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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 average on the whole overall popularly practically predominantly primarily principally regularly roundly

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 on average relatively roughly very close

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For the paltry sum of $44 million, thereabouts, we acquired the oldest and most prestigious talent agency in town.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

But they were seventh last time and will be there or thereabouts again, especially if they can sustain their home form.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

This man took his Social Security checks at 64 because it accounted for only 20% of his monthly income, and he estimated his longevity at 86 or thereabouts, his approximate breakeven age if he’d waited.

From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026

"They will be there or thereabouts, they just have to get the squad together and be fit coming in to the new year."

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2025

“Until one-thirty. My wife woke me up at one-thirty or thereabouts with the news about Carl’s death.”

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

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