Search Result for "by and large":
Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. usually; as a rule;
- Example: "by and large it doesn't rain much here"
[syn: by and large, generally, more often than not, mostly]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

by and large adv 1: usually; as a rule; "by and large it doesn't rain much here" [syn: by and large, generally, more often than not, mostly]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

36 Moby Thesaurus words for "by and large": all in all, all things considered, almost entirely, altogether, approximately, as a rule, as a whole, as an approximation, at large, broadly, broadly speaking, chiefly, commonly, effectually, en masse, essentially, generally, generally speaking, in general, in the main, mainly, mostly, normally, on balance, on the whole, ordinarily, overall, predominantly, prevailingly, roughly, roughly speaking, routinely, speaking generally, substantially, usually, virtually