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/dʒˈɛnərəli/ /dʒˈɛnrəli/ Listen

adverb

Generally adv.

In general; commonly; extensively, though not universally; most frequently.

In a general way, or in general relation; in the main; upon the whole; comprehensively. "Generally speaking, they live very quietly."

Collectively; as a whole; without omissions. (Obs.) "I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee."

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Etymology of 'Generally'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Generally" Quotes from Famous Books

... for the same thing, and that thing wholly unaccountable, beyond the scope of human foresight," Doris replied. "Things happen; that's all we can generally say. We don't know why. Speaking of Lawanne, I wonder if he really does intend to stay here this winter ...

— The Hidden Places • Bertrand W. Sinclair

... possessed a market value they had been sedulously cultivated. Editors of the old order had ridiculed the idea of her being of any use to them, when two years previously she had, by combination of cheek and patience, forced herself into their sanctum; had patted her paternally upon her generally ungloved hand, and told her to go back home and get some honest, worthy young man ...

— All Roads Lead to Calvary • Jerome K. Jerome

... when during the last stages of the war it happened, as it often did, that they drove some of our men against one or other of the great blockhouse lines which then intersected the country, and it became necessary for us to fight our way through, we generally succeeded in doing so. And that, with fewer casualties than when, as in the instance I have just given, they concentrated their forces, and formed a circle ...

— Three Years' War • Christiaan Rudolf de Wet

... spirits. They had completed the human being's first duty—which is to think about himself until he has exhausted the subject, then he is in a condition to take up minor interests and think of other people. This changes the complexion of his spirits—generally wholesomely. The minds of the two old ladies reverted to their beloved niece and the fearful disease which had smitten her; instantly they forgot the hurts their self-love had received, and a passionate desire ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

... when he went to a public school and the boys laughed at his clothes, which were poor in quality and much mended. In the holidays he returned to the teachings of Mrs. Jennett, and, that the chain of discipline might not be weakened by association with the world, was generally beaten, on one account or another, before he had been twelve ...

— The Light That Failed • Rudyard Kipling

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