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generally

/ˈd͡ʒɛn.ɚ.li/ adverb B1
  1. Popularly or widely. · It is generally known that the Earth is round.
  2. As a rule; usually; typically; in most cases. · I generally have a walk in the afternoon.
  3. Without reference to specific details. · Generally speaking …
  4. In the general case, without exception; in all cases. · It is generally true that the angles of a triangle sum to 180 degrees.
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Below the garden a green field lush with clover sloped down to the hollow where the brook ran and where scores of white birches grew, upspringing airily out of an undergrowth suggestive of delightful possibilities in ferns and mosses and woodsy things generally.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 38 · C1
Spencer, although she generally is.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 18 · C1
In the middle of a cyclone the air is generally still, but the great pressure of the wind on every side of the house raised it up higher and higher, until it was at the very top of the cyclone; and there it remained and was carried miles and miles away as easily as you could carry a feather.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 3 · B2
The assurance and jauntiness which generally marked his demeanour and dress were, however, wanting.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 66 · B2

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