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Synonyms for generally
ˈdʒɛn ər ə ligen·er·al·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
by and large, generally, more often than not, mostlyadverb
usually; as a rule
"by and large it doesn't rain much here"
Synonyms:
loosely, by and large, broadly speaking, more often than not, in general, in the main, broadly, for the most part, mostly, largelyAntonyms:
specificallygenerally, in general, in the mainadverb
without distinction of one from others
"he is interested in snakes in general"
Synonyms:
primarily, loosely, by and large, broadly speaking, more often than not, in general, mainly, in the main, broadly, chiefly, principally, mostlyAntonyms:
specificallybroadly, loosely, broadly speaking, generallyadverb
without regard to specific details or exceptions
"he interprets the law broadly"
Synonyms:
mostly, loosely, slackly, broadly speaking, more often than not, in general, in the main, broadly, by and largeAntonyms:
specifically
Dictionary of English Synonymes
generallyadjective
Synonyms:
commonly, usually, in general, in the usual course of things, as the world goesgenerallyadjective
Synonyms:
in the main, without particularizing, without details
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "generally":
usually, typically, normally, overall, commonly, general, broadly, widely, universally, ordinarily, often, mostly, largely, traditionally
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#847 | usually | |
#866 | often | |
#1025 | overall | |
#2006 | generally | |
#2913 | mostly | |
#3704 | normally | |
#3874 | typically | |
#3985 | primarily | |
#4284 | mainly | |
#5015 | widely | |
#5523 | commonly | |
#5537 | largely | |
#10523 | traditionally | |
#13980 | broadly | |
#18393 | principally | |
#18971 | loosely | |
#20708 | universally | |
#21785 | ordinarily | |
#22734 | chiefly |
How to use generally in a sentence?
I generally don't believe in and am not interested in treating the sneakers I've bought and collected purely as an investment.
The initial closure of Panel 6 was supposed to be one of the quick and easy things to be done. It's not done. It's not quick. It's not easy. There are going to be risks to workers just to do that, this is in fact unprecedented and very hard and it's taking longer and it's going to cost more than what they've generally wanted to talk about.
At the end of the day, based on the evidence, professionals within the prosecutor's office decide that a plea that guarantees that someone goes to jail, that guarantees that someone register generally, and that guarantees other outcomes, is a good thing.
Outlooks generally remained positive with some contacts expecting the current pace of growth to continue into next year.
Car manufacturers for the last 100 years simply built cars and were very good at doing that. Cyber security is generally not their core competence, this is where it comes back to Israel.
Translations for generally
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- عمومًاArabic
- generalmentCatalan, Valencian
- üblicherweise, hauptsächlich, allgemein, überhaupt, gewöhnlich, im Allgemeinen, generellGerman
- συνήθως, γενικάGreek
- ĝeneraleEsperanto
- generalmente, por lo generalSpanish
- yleensä, yleisesti, tavallisestiFinnish
- en général, généralementFrench
- de ghnáthIrish
- san fharsaingeachdScottish Gaelic
- xeralmenteGalician
- ընդհանրապես, սովորաբարArmenian
- di solito, in generale, a grandi linee, generalmente, in genereItalian
- בדרך כללHebrew
- 一般にJapanese
- ferē, fermēLatin
- ġeneralmentMaltese
- in het algemeenDutch
- zazwyczaj, ogólnie, powszechnie, z reguły, zwyklePolish
- em geral, geralmente, de modo geralPortuguese
- обычно, вообще, как правило, широко, по большому счётуRussian
- opće, općenito, običnoSerbo-Croatian
- genellikleTurkish
- nói chung làVietnamese
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