GENERALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does generally mean? 

• GENERALLY (adverb)
  The adverb GENERALLY has 3 senses:

1. usually; as a rule

2. without distinction of one from others

3. without regard to specific details or exceptions

  Familiarity information: GENERALLY used as an adverb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENERALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Usually; as a rule

Synonyms:

by and large; generally; more often than not; mostly

Context example:

by and large it doesn't rain much here

Sense 2

Meaning:

Without distinction of one from others

Synonyms:

generally; in general; in the main

Context example:

he is interested in snakes in general

Antonym:

specifically (in distinction from others)

Pertainym:

general (applying to all or most members of a category or group)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Without regard to specific details or exceptions

Synonyms:

broadly; broadly speaking; generally; loosely

Context example:

he interprets the law broadly

Pertainym:

general (applying to all or most members of a category or group)

 Context examples 

"She sees nothing to blame in it," replied Anne; "on the contrary, she approves it, and has generally taken me when I have called on Mrs Smith."

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Administration directed toward the cheek, generally from within the mouth.

(Buccal Route of Administration, Food and Drug Administration/CDISC)

These practices generally are not considered standard medical approaches.

(CAM, NCI Dictionary)

Breastfeeding did not appear to have any protective effect, even though it is generally thought to reduce breast cancer risk.

(Breast cancer protection from pregnancy starts decades later, National Institutes of Health)

On the contrary, I have noticed that when he is off the trail he generally says so.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He spoke in a slow staccato fashion, choosing his words with care, and gave the impression generally of a man of learning and letters who had had ill-usage at the hands of fortune.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

While a plant-based diet is generally considered healthier than a meat-based diet in preventing the risk of diabetes, not all meats affect the risk equally.

(Eating Meat Linked to Higher Risk of Diabetes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A procedure in which a single dose of a pharmalogical substance is administered, generally via injection, over a short period of time.

(Bolus Infusion Procedure, NCI Thesaurus)

Generally done in the population with higher risk, due to environmental or genetic factors.

(Breast Cancer Screening, NCI Thesaurus)

But Bessie, as soon as she had dressed her young ladies, used to take herself off to the lively regions of the kitchen and housekeeper's room, generally bearing the candle along with her.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)