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on the whole
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on the wholeadverb
Synonyms:
by and largeon the wholeadverb
For the most part; apart from some insignificant details.
The language was wrong for the period, but, on the whole, I enjoyed the film.
Synonyms:
by and large
Princeton's WordNet
all in all, on the whole, altogether, tout ensembleadverb
with everything considered (and neglecting details)
"altogether, I'm sorry it happened"; "all in all, it's not so bad"
Synonyms:
all in all, tout ensemble, altogether, all told, whole, entirely, completely, in all, wholly, totally, all
Dictionary of English Synonymes
on the whole
Synonyms:
all things considered, in view of all the circumstances, taking every thing into account, upon the whole
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#25 | all | |
#941 | whole | |
#2339 | completely | |
#3156 | totally | |
#4569 | entirely | |
#10792 | wholly | |
#11466 | altogether |
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We didn’t hone in on our opponent, we honed in on looking at us as a unit, as a whole team, just really focusing on ourselves and making the best of ourselves.
The fact that there are eyes on this now at that magnitude has made this whole experience worth it.
If Republicans think Betsy DeVos can quickly jam through a whole slate of nominees without a fair hearing process, Betsy DeVos’re sorely mistaken.
If the United States, it turns out, do genuinely wish to rejoin, that triggers a whole new process, there would be another process and so, at this stage we are talking hypotheticals.
My whole goal wasn't to set any records, it was to finish the thing.
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