GENERALLY Copy link • GENERALLYMostly; plerumque (mostly): fere (as a general rule; generally): vulgo (commonly). (Do) not generally, non fere or ferme (both Cic.), in which observe that the non precedes the fere or ferme. In general; taken generally, universe: summatim: generatim, generaliter (Cic., De Invent., 1, 26, 39). (The words are found in this connection and order.) generatim atque universe (opposed to singillatim or per species). But ☞ these adverbs are only used when they relate to an action; if they relate to a subject or object that is to be taken in its whole extent, we must use the adjectives summus or universus; e.g., to treat a subject generally, de re universa agere: to write about the state generally, de summa republica scribere): omnino ( “at large,” when a whole number is opposed to individuals; e.g., quid in Gallia negotii est Caesari, aut omnino populo Romano): prorsus (“to speak generally” = ut paucis complectar, after several particulars have been mentioned; Vid: Sall., Cat., 15, end): ad summam: in summa (the former when, after stating several particular reasons, one ends with the principal one of all; the latter, when no particular reasons are stated, but only the principal one of all).”Generally,” or “in general,” are also sometimes used when a general assertion is followed by the mention of a particular case to which the assertion applies with the greatest force; hence it is expressed by cum, the particular case being introduced by tum: I am an admirer of my countrymen’s good qualities generally, and especially of the energy with which they study, cum nostrorum hominum virtutes soleo admirari, tum maxime in studiis.