Definition: 1. Usually; as a rule. 2. Without distinction of one from others. 3. Without regard to specific details or exceptions.
Use 'generally' in a sentence:
1. Cupcakes are generally topped with frosting and served still inside the paper baking cup in which they were made.
2. But he points out that the violence in the news is generally not near areas that are popular with foreigners.
3. Generally speaking, dissonant intervals have ratios such as nine to eight for the whole step or seventeen to sixteen for the half step.
4. Also,the research showed that traders with the most exposure generally made the most money in wild markets when quick action is required.
5. It is generally believed that in order for that to work you need the round ship delays in milliseconds, in 100 milliseconds, in 200 milliseconds, not 8s.
6. Fourth, there's generally some arrangement, either for the publication of the treaty, or its deposition, its safe-keeping in some sort of shrine.
7. These tickets are generally less costly than the price of going to a New York theater or arts show.
8. Ila Lewis and other jewelry makers say combining the materials into a finished piece generally takes less time than the design process.
9. Of course, more generally, you get excited, your heart goes pitter-pat, when your girlfriend or boyfriend says they love you.
10. Yeah, run the ball is called, when you run the ball, generally you only do it from 10 yards.
11. He's generally considered to have the finest tenor voice in the country.
12. Foreign students who need financial aid generally have to seek it from the school itself or their own government or employer.
13. It's not that other thing, but, generally speaking, the point about a sign is that it's not any other thing.
14. Professor Tracy said:' Generally, the results appear to reflect some very traditional gender norms and cultural values that have emerged, developed and been reinforced through history, at least in Western cultures.
15. I generally get up at six.
16. As I keep moving down, that part gets smaller, it's not always the initial length of the list, and you're right. But if you do the sums, or if you want to think of it this way, if you think about this more generally, it's always on average at least the length of the list.
17. He also says non-native speakers generally use too much emotional language and give too many details before getting to the main idea.
18. What FASB does for the United States is it creates what are called Generally Accepted Accounting Practices.
19. So things can be dangerous. But generally, if you're smart, I think it's a very safe place to live.
20. Students who live away from their families are generally housed in dormitories at least for their first year.
21. Her name's Katherine, generally shortened to Kay.
22. This is work generally done by a person who recently earned a PhD, or doctor of philosophy degree.
23. The public is generally uninformed about these diseases.
24. So you're going to figure out what happens in this story very generally, well not very generally, but in the particular case actually on the homework assignment, but I want you to understand that there's this much more general story underlying this, and this is a pretty good model of a lot of markets.
25. However,putting a silver sixpence inside a shoe is generally not a tradition followed by brides in the United States.
26. And more generally, people tend to give too much weight to the person and not enough weight to the situation.
27. Absolutely. Now generally, there is some little hook.
28. But experts generally advise against using the drug if more than three hours have passed after the first signs of a stroke.
29. He said he agreed generally with Mister Clay, that he thought Mister Clay's purpose was great and highly patriotic."
30. The reforms were generally adjudged to have failed.
31. Earlier research has shown that countries with greater trust between people generally do better in economic growth and other areas.
32. So the first question is, how do we understand the slippage here and more generally, what could poetry possibly have to do with virginity?
33. Well, we're generally increasing here, we'll talk about that more in a minute.
34. Generally, you think about the immune system protecting against different classes of pathogens and several classes of pathogens are shown on this table.
35. Generally, publicity involves getting press, radio, or television coverage for events that occur at the hotel, events that will enhance the hotel's image.
36. So generally and those of you coming from high school computer science background probably used An Integrated Development Environment which actually is a gooey with menus and icons and such.
37. Early relations with the United States were generally good,says Bruce St John, the author of seven books on Libya.
38. Politicians seem to be generally held in contempt by ordinary people.
39. It's generally your job that dictates where you live now.
40. Generally, the article reads very well.
41. Employees will generally be more cooperative if their views are taken seriously.
42. He was a generally unpopular choice for captain.
43. The sandwich bar is generally packed at lunchtimes.
44. Generally a brief note or a phone call will suffice.
45. It was generally reckoned a success.
46. The price is generally open to negotiation.
47. It was generally admitted that the government had acted too quickly.
48. I generally get what I want one way or another.
49. Let's talk just about investment generally.
50. It is generally accepted that people are motivated by success.
51. Generally speaking, the more you pay, the more you get.
52. This combination of qualities is generally supposed to be extremely rare.
53. The male is generally larger with a shorter beak.
54. Marine mammals generally swim with the current.
55. It is significant that girls generally do better in examinations than boys.
56. The cheetah is generally credited as the world's fastest animal.
57. It is generally acknowledged to be true.
58. The new drug will be generally available from January.
59. The workforce is generally accepted to have the best conditions in Europe.
60. Supply and demand on the currency market will generally balance.
