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.
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.