Antonyms for by and largeby and large

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1. by and largeadverb

   mostly, generally; with few exceptions

   It was, by and large, an unexceptional presentation.

   Synonyms:
   generally, for the most part, usually, mostly, on the whole

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1. by and large, generally, more often than not, mostlyadverb

   usually; as a rule

   "by and large it doesn't rain much here"

   Synonyms:
   loosely, broadly speaking, more often than not, generally, in general, in the main, broadly, for the most part, mostly, largely

How to use by and large in a sentence?

1. Craig Robinson:

   The people that I hang out with or have breakfast with on Saturday, it’s the more business, more educated guys, and they are like, ‘Hey, we just want to move on [from Trump],’ but if I go back home to rural Iowa, they are not like that. They are looking for the fighter; they are looking for the person that they think will stand up for them and that’s Trump by and large.

2. Kevin Gade:

   Sentiment remains fairly negative for the group, so that by and large does not help Johnson & Johnson.

3. Rex Tillerson:

   Do we have the same objections in mind? By and large, our objectives are exactly the same, but how we get there, we each have a view.

4. Pascal Affi N'Guessan:

   We must create jobs, fight against the high cost of living and poverty, it's because the nation is poor by-and-large that so many young people were involved in the destabilisation of their own country.

5. Joe Raedle/Getty Images:

   I get a kick out of it when people kind of compare it to (measles, mumps and rubella shots) and things that have been around for decades and decades, parents, by and large, most parents in Florida have opted against doing these booster shots, particularly for young kids.

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