generally

English

Etymology

general +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA: /d͡ʒɛnɹəliː/

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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...

4. (obsolete) collectively; as a whole; without omissions

   I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee. — 2 Sam. xvii.

Translations

popularly or widely

• Arabic: عمومًا (ar) (ʿumūman)
• Catalan: generalment (ca)
• 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: вообще (ru) (voobščé), широко (ru) (širokó)
• Scottish Gaelic: san fharsaingeachd (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: opće (sh)
• Spanish: generalmente (es), por lo general (es)
• Turkish: genellikle (tr)

as a rule; usually

• Armenian: սովորաբար (hy) (sovorabar)
• Catalan: generalment (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 通常 (cmn) (tōngcháng), 一般 (cmn) (yībān)

• 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)
• Japanese: 一般に (ja) (いっぱんに, ippanni)
• 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)
• Serbo-Croatian: obično (sh)
• Spanish: generalmente (es), por lo general (es)

without reference to specific details

• 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) (po bolʹšómu sčótu)
• Scottish Gaelic: san fharsaingeachd (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: općenito (sh)

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• Spanish: generalmente

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: joy · green · mouth · #682: generally · ago · easily · condition