generally

Etymology

From Middle English generally, generalliche, equivalent to general + -ly.

adv

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.
   During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…] 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
   Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house ; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something ; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall. 1922, Michael Arlen, “3/19/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days
3. Without reference to specific details.
   Generally speaking …
4. In the general case, without exception.
   It is generally true that the angles of a triangle sum to 180 degrees.
5. (obsolete) Collectively; as a whole; without omissions.