Pronunciation
- IPA: /d͡ʒɛnɹəliː/
generally
- Popularly or widely.
- It is generally known that the Earth is round.
- As a rule; usually.
- I generally have a walk in the afternoon.
- 1661, John Fell (bishop), The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond ↗
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
- Without reference to specific details.
- Generally speaking …
- (obsolete) Collectively; as a whole; without omissions.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, 2 Samuel 17:11 ↗:
- I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee.
- (popularly or widely) commonly
- (as a rule; usually) basically, by and large, commonly, ordinarily, mostly, regularly, wontedly; see also Thesaurus:mostly or Thesaurus:usually or Thesaurus:normally
- (without reference to specific details) generically; see also Thesaurus:generally
- (collectively) collaboratively, en masse; see also Thesaurus:jointly
- French: généralement, en général
- German: allgemein, gewöhnlich, im Allgemeinen
- Italian: in genere, generalmente
- Portuguese: geralmente, em geral
- Russian: вообще́
- Spanish: generalmente, por lo general
- French: généralement
- German: hauptsächlich, überhaupt, üblicherweise
- Italian: in genere, di solito
- Portuguese: geralmente, em geral
- Russian: обы́чно
- Spanish: generalmente, por lo general
- French: généralement
- German: allgemein, generell
- Italian: in generale, a grandi linee
- Portuguese: de modo geral, em geral
- Russian: вообще́
- Spanish: generalmente
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