Synonyms for generally
ˈdʒɛn ər ə ligen·er·al·ly

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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, by and large, broadly speaking, more often than not, in general, in the main, broadly, for the most part, mostly, largely

   Antonyms:
   specifically

2. generally, 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, mostly

   Antonyms:
   specifically

3. broadly, 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 large

   Antonyms:
   specifically

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1. generallyadjective

   Synonyms:
   commonly, usually, in general, in the usual course of things, as the world goes

2. generallyadjective

   Synonyms:
   in the main, without particularizing, without details

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1. List of paraphrases for "generally":

   usually, typically, normally, overall, commonly, general, broadly, widely, universally, ordinarily, often, mostly, largely, traditionally

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1. Gregory Daco:

   Financial markets and private sector actors tend to react ahead of that date, if there is the anticipation that we will get very close to that drop-dead date, then financial market volatility generally tends to increase, stock prices tend to react adversely.

2. Matthew Albence:

   Those individuals, as has always been our policy, were provided the opportunity to take their child with them pursuant to their removal. Those individuals declined to do so, they are not going to generally take that child back with them after they've accomplished their smuggling.

3. Donald Trump:

   Well, I think things generally tend to go a little bit slower than you'd like them to go.

4. Donald Trump:

   Generally speaking, I'm not big on endorsements.

5. Executive Producer Trish Kinane:

   There is only one Simon Cowell… And he was 15 years ago, and he's doing a slightly different version of Simon Cowell on [‘America’s Got Talent’] at the moment, but we weren't looking, ‘Hey, let's get a Simon Cowell.’ …We took a long time to put this judging panel together, as you might have noticed, and that was because we wanted to get it right and we wanted judges with credibility, who knew what they were talking about, were huge successes in their own right, who were articulate and who generally cared about the contestants. And that's the difference. I think these guys really care about the contestants, and it wasn't so much about the judges. It's more about the contestants.