1.
[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