1
as in usually
according to the usual course of things
after lunch we generally go for a walk
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2
as in mostly
for the most part
generally, I don't care for raw vegetables
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Recent Examples of generally
An appeal is generally only allowed once the temporary restraining order is converted to a longer lasting preliminary injunction.
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Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Custom software, developed specifically for a client, is generally exempt from tax.
—Aleksandra Bal, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Overall, the upcoming week will bring dry conditions, but generally light winds.
—Daniel Peck, ABC News, 23 Mar. 2025
And while more of Gen Z people hold both two-year and four-year degrees as compared to Millennials and Generation X did at their age, they are generally underemployed due to a tough job market.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
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Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Custom software, developed specifically for a client, is generally exempt from tax.
—Aleksandra Bal, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Overall, the upcoming week will bring dry conditions, but generally light winds.
—Daniel Peck, ABC News, 23 Mar. 2025
And while more of Gen Z people hold both two-year and four-year degrees as compared to Millennials and Generation X did at their age, they are generally underemployed due to a tough job market.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for generally
Adverb
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Dance singles are usually made for DJs to mix into and out of, and tend to array their effects over long running times, the better to guide a room full of dancers to collective peaks.—
Michaelangelo Matos,
Rolling Stone,
1 Apr. 2025
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In Texas, inventory levels have been rising fast in these usually slow months.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Although exquisitely rendered, their mostly pale, mostly grisaille palette puts these images at a ghostly remove from reality.—
Barry Schwabsky,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2025
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The artifacts, which mostly consist of Egyptian pottery, were found during a recent excavation of the ancient city of Megiddo in northern Israel.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Shah mainly prioritizes user experience, offers trustworthy course reviews, and creates detailed guides to build credibility and trust on the platform.—
Craig Lebrau,
USA Today,
6 Apr. 2025
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This was more or less budgeted for last summer, mainly because of the departure of Toni Kroos and the arrival of Mbappe as a free agent.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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What went cruelly overlooked was the larger effect of such coercion: lasting trauma for Schneider, whose outspokenness over the years about her experience typically went unnoticed.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
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In a corporate office, employees typically do not sit in one spot all day.—
Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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Reagan ran for his first office, that governorship, chiefly on that platform, of gutting Berkeley, glorious, research-prodigious, most incredible public university ever Berkeley.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Lawmakers chiefly are trying to work out the delicate balance of extending Trump’s tax cuts, trimming Medicaid, increasing defense spending and raising the debt ceiling — without losing votes needed to pass Trump’s priorities and while finding room for agreement with the House.—
Elizabeth Crisp,
The Hill,
4 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The Villages is primarily represented by Republican Representative Daniel Webster of Florida's 11th Congressional District.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Apr. 2025
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This primarily involves regular and thorough toothbrushing, flossing, and dental visits.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
6 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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For the Celtics, there were 24 points from Brown but only 16 from Tatum, who struggled to 4-of-17 shooting, largely against the defense of Larsson.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2025
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The magic is largely due to the formula’s pH (around 3.5) which keeps the ingredient active and able to effectively decongest the pore.—
Emily Orofino,
Vogue,
2 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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With last summer’s signing Sander Berge acting predominantly as the sole pivot to instigate his side’s build-up, the remaining midfielders push forward to form a triangle on either side of him — typically Emile Smith Rowe on the left and either Sasa Lukic or Andreas Pereira on the right.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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In the final episode of When Life Gives You Tangerines, the precious agony of being alive is borne out in the death of Gwan-sik (played predominantly by Park Hae-joon in these final episodes), Ae-sun’s beloved husband and Geum-myeong and Eun-myeong’s dad.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Generally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generally. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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