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Examples of generally in a Sentence
He talked generally about his plans.
I had a generally good day.
It generally takes about a month for the shipment to arrive.
When stocks are up, bonds are generally down.
This town is generally regarded as a good place to raise kids.
Recent Examples of generally from the Web
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Customers are generally supposed to pay the tax to the state themselves, but the vast majority don't.
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The winter test generally draws fewer takers, which makes a school's results more prone to drastic changes from year to year.
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People who are late typically feel less stressed, unconcerned with deadlines, and generally more relaxed.
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Most of the workmen wore sleeveless shirts, and all were red-spattered and generally a sunburn shade of maraschino red.
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But that shift — along with a change in federal regulations, in 1997, allowing drug makers to advertise directly to consumers — helped undermine the stigma associated with depression and mood disorders generally.
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That’s smart, because people don’t generally want to talk to someone who’s wearing 3-D glasses outside the walls of a 3-D film theater.
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The former La Masia product and Spain youth international thanked his teammates and the club's technical staff in what was a generally upbeat note shared via Twitter Monday afternoon.
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That would make school boards similar to the Legislature and state Cabinet, where members are generally limited to eight years.
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First Known Use of generally
14th century
generally Synonyms
Antonyms
abnormally, atypically, extraordinarily, uncommonly, untypically, unusually;
Related Words
Phrases
as a rule, needless to say, of course, on the whole;
GENERALLY Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of generally for English Language Learners
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: in a general way : in a way that is not detailed or specific
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: in most cases
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: by or to most people
GENERALLY Defined for Kids
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