generally

• POS: Adverb
• HYPHEN: gen=er=al=ly

CIDE DICTIONARY

generally, adv. 

•  In general; commonly; extensively, though not universally; most frequently.  [1913 Webster]
•  In a general way, or in general relation; in the main; upon the whole; comprehensively.  [1913 Webster]

  "Generally speaking, they live very quietly."  [1913 Webster]
•  Collectively; as a whole; without omissions.  [1913 Webster]

  "I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

generally, adv.
1 usually; in most cases.
2 in a general sense; without regard to particulars or exceptions (generally speaking).
3 for the most part; extensively (not generally known).
4 in most respects (they were generally well-behaved).

THESAURUS

generally

about, all in all, all things considered, altogether, approximately, approximatively, as a rule, as a whole, as an approximation, as per usual, as things go, as usual, at large, broadly, broadly speaking, by and large, chiefly, commonly, conventionally, customarily, generally speaking, habitually, in general, in round numbers, in the main, indecisively, indefinably, indefinitely, indeterminably, indistinctly, largely, loosely, mainly, more or less, most often, mostly, naturally, normally, normatively, obscurely, on balance, on the average, on the whole, ordinarily, overall, practically, predominantly, prescriptively, prevailingly, primarily, principally, regularly, roughly, roughly speaking, roundly, routinely, say, speaking generally, superficially, to be expected, typically, usually, vaguely

ROGET THESAURUS

generally

Habit

N habit, habitude, assuetude, assuefaction, wont, run, way, common state of things, general state of things, natural state of things, ordinary state of things, ordinary course of things, ordinary run of things, matter of course, beaten path, beaten track, beaten ground, prescription, custom, use, usage, immemorial usage, practice, prevalence, observance, conventionalism, conventionality, mode, fashion, vogue, etiquette, order of the day, cry, conformity, consuetude, dustoor, one's old way, old school, veteris vestigia flammae, laudator temporis acti, rule, standing order, precedent, routine, red-tape, red-tapism, pipe clay, rut, groove, cacoethes, bad habit, confirmed habit, inveterate habit, intrinsic habit, addiction, trick, training, seasoning, second nature, acclimatization, knack, habitual, accustomary, prescriptive, accustomed, of daily occurrence, of everyday occurrence, consuetudinary, wonted, usual, general, ordinary, common, frequent, everyday, household, garden variety, jog, trot, well-trodden, well-known, familiar, vernacular, trite, commonplace, conventional, regular, set, stock, established, stereotyped, prevailing, prevalent, current, received, acknowledged, recognized, accredited, of course, admitted, understood, conformable, according to use, according to custom, according to routine, in vogue, in fashion, in, with it, fashionable, wont, used to, given to, addicted to, attuned to, habituated, in the habit of, habitue, at home in, seasoned, imbued with, devoted to, wedded to, hackneyed, fixed, rooted, deep-rooted, ingrafted, permanent, inveterate, besetting, naturalized, ingrained, habitually, always, as usual, as is one's wont, as things go, as the world goes, as the sparks fly upwards, more suo, more solito, ex more, as a rule, for the most part, usually, generally, typically, most often, most frequently, cela s'entend, abeunt studia in mores, adeo in teneris consuescere multum est, consuetudo quasi altera natura, hoc erat in more majorum, How use doth breed a habit in a man!, magna est vis consuetudinis, morent fecerat usus.

Generality

N generality, generalization, universality, catholicity, catholicism, miscellany, miscellaneousness, dragnet, common run, worldwideness, everyone, everybody, all hands, all the world and his wife, anybody, N or M, all sorts, prevalence, run, general, generic, collective, broad, comprehensive, sweeping, encyclopedical, widespread, universal, catholic, catholical, common, worldwide, ecumenical, oecumenical, transcendental, prevalent, prevailing, rife, epidemic, besetting, all over, covered with, Pan-American, Anglican, Pan-Hellenic, Pan-Germanic, slavic, panharmonic, every, all, unspecified, impersonal, customary, whatever, whatsoever, to a man, one and all, generally, always, for better for worse, in general, generally speaking, speaking generally, for the most part, in the long run.