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UK
/dʒˈɛnəɹəli/
]
[ US /ˈdʒɛnɝəɫi, ˈdʒɛnɹəɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈdʒɛnɝəɫi, ˈdʒɛnɹəɫi/ ]
ADVERB
-
usually; as a rule
by and large it doesn't rain much here -
without distinction of one from others
he is interested in snakes in general -
without regard to specific details or exceptions
he interprets the law broadly
How To Use generally In A Sentence
- In my view his confrontational, gladiatorial style has been a major contributor to the widespread disdain of the British public for politicians generally. Times, Sunday Times
- Some of my remarks here are directed toward conventional scientists, who generally refrain from commenting critically on the wild ideas of a few of their colleagues because it is bad manners.
- And there are a lot of so-called federalists, people who are just generally opposed to the extension of federal power and who object, who say look, this is the same thing that we objected to when liberals did it. CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2005
- Well, suddenly without any warning, a couple of weeks ago, men and machines arrived and started digging up the road and pavement and generally causing the usual traffic chaos.
- Some people believe that Richard III did not murder his nephews and was not the villain he is generally thought to have been.
- There is no generally accepted comprehensive definition of a portolan chart.
- The image is generally a thing of beauty with colours brightly and faithfully rendered.
- I met Len Sellers in the mid-1990s, when he was still a journalism professor at San Francisco State University, where, among other things, he taught a newswriting course that was generally considered make-or-break for aspiring journalists, a hard-core exercise in using public documents and other reliable information sources to write solid news reports. ... he was an early believer in the possibilities of online journalism. OpEdNews - Quicklink: Nonprofit-Funded, University-Based News
- Of course, professional framing costs a bit more than buying a frame at Wal-mart and doing it yourself, but with something that really matters to you, its generally a good idea anyway.
- Another party I fell in with said you could generally always get bread; and the thing to do was to break a plateglass window and get into gaol; seemed rather a brilliant scheme. The Wrong Box