by and large

• POS: Adverb

THESAURUS

by and large

all in all, all things considered, almost entirely, altogether, approximately, as a rule, as a whole, as an approximation, at large, broadly, broadly speaking, chiefly, commonly, effectually, en masse, essentially, generally, generally speaking, in general, in the main, mainly, mostly, normally, on balance, on the whole, ordinarily, overall, predominantly, prevailingly, roughly, roughly speaking, routinely, speaking generally, substantially, usually, virtually