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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 | |
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#11466 | altogether |
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We have to remember that travel, like every other industry, has its cycles of mergers, start-ups, consolidations and new entries, this was n’t unexpected. On the whole, I think this is just an expression of where we are in the cycle, and the impact to the consumer will not be too immediate.
On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
It's important for people not to hold a high opinion of politicians, and one of the strengths of the British is that they don't on the whole... The danger begins when people start admiring politicians.
Every political system is an accumulation of habits, customs, prejudices, and principles that have survived a long process of trial and error and of ceaseless response to changing circumstances. If the system works well on the whole, it is a lucky accident -- the luckiest, indeed, that can befall a society.
The world has to learn that the actual pleasure derived from material things is of rather low quality on the whole and less even in quantity than it looks to those who have not tried it.
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