generally Copy link Outline I. opp. to specially, in particular1. gĕnĕrātim2. gĕnĕrālĭter (this and the foregoing have the strict logical sense)3. ūnĭversē (as a whole, without particulars4. summātim (as one summing up)5. strictimII. For the most part; commonly;1. plērumque (in the majority of cases)2. vulgo (commonly)3. fĕrē, fermē4. ălĭōqui, ălĭōquīn (lit. otherwise, in all besides • generally: I. opp. to specially, in particular: 1. gĕnĕrātim: to speak particularly rather than g. and universally, singillatim potius quam g. atque universe loqui, Cic. Verr. 5, 55, 143: Quint. 2. gĕnĕrālĭter (this and the foregoing have the strict logical sense): to define a thing g., aliquid g. definire, Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39: to understand a thing g. or specially, aliquid g. et specialiter accipere, Quint. 5, 10, 42. 3. ūnĭversē (as a whole, without particulars: rare): my other commissions I gave him g.; but this particularly, cetera u. mandavi; illud probe, Cic. Att. 5, 2, ad init.: also, in universum (v. general, in). 4. summātim (as one summing up): to sketch a subject briefly and g., de re breviter ac s. percurrere, Cic.: v. summarily. 5. strictim: v. cursorily. II. For the most part; commonly; 1. plērumque (in the majority of cases): these things are accidental; for they happen g., not always, haec fortuita sunt; p. enim, non semper eveniunt, Cic. Div. 2, 5, 14: Caes.: Hor.: v. mostly. 2. vulgo (commonly): people g. said that Antony would remain at Casilinum, v. loquebantur Antonium mansurum esse Casilini, Cic. Att. 16, 10: v. commonly. 3. fĕrē, fermē: v. usually. 4. ălĭōqui, ălĭōquīn (lit. otherwise, in all besides: when an exception to a general rule is implied): if my nature is blemished with a few faults, and those trifling ones, whilst g. correct, si vitiis mediocribus ac mea paucis mendosa est natura, alioqui recta, Hor. S. 1, 6, 66: on which occasion Caesar, who was g. firm in rejecting honours, etc., qua occasione Caesar, a. validus spernendis honoribus, etc.: Tac. Ann. 4, 37: v. otherwise.