generally speaking

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generally speaking

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  1. disjunctive, not comparable, usually Synonym of in general; generally. Generally speaking, today's teenagers aren't much interested in hearing about historical details of typewriter design.

    Similar: in general

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Españolen términos generales
中文一般而言 yībān'éryán
Tiếng Việtnói chung

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@misc{generally_speaking_2026,
  title = {generally speaking},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/generally%20speaking},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}