generally

adverb

1 the summers were generally fairly good:

normally, in general, as a (general) rule, in the general run of things, by and large, more often than not, almost always, in the main, mainly, mostly, for the most part, in most cases, most of the time, predominantly, on the whole;

usually, habitually, customarily, standardly, routinely, regularly, typically, ordinarily, commonly, conventionally, traditionally, historically.

▷antonyms occasionally.

2 France was moving generally to the left:

overall, in general terms, in a general sense, generally speaking, altogether, all in all, broadly, on average, principally, basically, substantially, effectively.

3 it is too early to say whether the method will be generally accepted:

widely, commonly, extensively, comprehensively, universally, popularly.

▷antonyms sporadically.