generally

一般に；普通は；たいてい；広く（多くの人に）

入試の言い換え

• in general 一般的に — 文頭・文末で。generally とほぼ同義
• usually たいてい — 頻度・習慣の意味で
• as a rule 概して；原則として — 硬めの句
• on the whole 全体として — 細部を除いた評価
• by and large 概して — 口語でも書き言葉でも
• widely 広く — generally accepted ≒ widely accepted
• for the most part 大部分は — 例外があることを示唆

generally の「広く」の意味（generally available ＝ 一般に広く入手可能）は「たいてい」と訳すとずれる。general の語源はラテン語 genus（種類・一族）で、「一族全体に当てはまる」→「全般的な」。

generally の類語

in general, usually, as a rule, on the whole, by and large, widely, for the most part, normally, mostly, in the main, more often than not, commonly, all in all, predominantly, overall, largely, broadly speaking, average, broadly, part, ordinarily, routinely, approximately, mainly, typically, roughly, in the long run, practically, all things considered, to be expected, on balance, generally speaking, speaking generally, as usual, say, about, large, rule, chiefly, roughly speaking, frequently, regularly, naturally, primarily, as things go, as a whole, more or less, at large, most often, on the average, as an approximation, altogether, customarily, in round numbers, indefinitely, as per usual, loosely, vaguely, principally, for all practical purposes

generally の反意語

rarely, exceptionally, specifically, narrowly

例文

• Generally speaking, women are better linguists than men.
  概して女性のほうが男性より語学が得意だ。
• Generally speaking girls are better linguists than boys.
  概して女の子の方が男の子より語学がうまい。
• Generally speaking, Americans are very fond of coffee.
  概して言えば、アメリカ人はとてもコーヒーが好きだ。

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