generally

English

Etymology

general +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʤɛnɹəliː/

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Adverb

generally (comparative more generally, superlative most generally)

1. Popularly or widely.

   It is generally known that the Earth is round.

2. As a rule; usually.

   I generally have a walk in the afternoon.

3. Without reference to specific details.

   Generally speaking...

Translations

popularly or widely

Arabic: عموما (ar) (`amuuman) Catalan: generalment (ca) Croatian: opće (hr) Finnish: yleensä (fi), tavallisesti (fi) French: généralement (fr), en général (fr) Galician: xeralmente (gl) German: allgemein (de), gewöhnlich (de), im Allgemeinen (de) Italian: in genere (it), generalmente (it)

Maltese: ġeneralment (mt) Polish: powszechnie (pl) Portuguese: geralmente, em geral Russian: широко (ru) (širokó) Scottish Gaelic: san fharsaingeachd (gd) Spanish: generalmente (es), por lo general (es) Turkish: genellikle (tr)

as a rule; usually

Armenian: սովորաբար (hy) (sovorabar) Catalan: generalment (ca) Croatian: obično (hr) Dutch: in het algemeen (nl) Esperanto: ĝenerale (eo) Finnish: yleensä (fi), tavallisesti (fi) French: généralement (fr) Galician: xeralmente (gl)

German: hauptsächlich (de), überhaupt (de), üblicherweise (de) Greek: συνήθως (el) (syníthos) Italian: in genere (it), di solito (it) Latin: ferē (la), fermē (la) Polish: zwykle (pl), zazwyczaj (pl), z reguły (pl) Portuguese: geralmente, em geral Russian: обычно (ru) (obýčno), как правило (ru) (kak právilo) Scottish Gaelic: san fharsaingeachd (gd) Spanish: generalmente (es), por lo general (es)

without reference to specific details

Croatian: općenito (hr) Finnish: yleisesti (fi) French: généralement (fr) German: allgemein (de), generell (de) Greek: γενικά (el) (geniká) Irish: de ghnáth (ga)

Italian: in generale (it), a grandi linee (it) Polish: ogólnie (pl) Portuguese: de modo geral, em geral Russian: вообще (ru) (voobščé), по большому счёту (ru) Scottish Gaelic: san fharsaingeachd (gd)

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Arabic: عموما (ʕmúman) Mandarin: 一般 Spanish: generalmente

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