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Adverbial by and large has 1 sense

• by and large(r = adv.all) generally, more often than not, mostly - usually; as a rule; "by and large it doesn't rain much here"

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by and large

all in all, all things considered, almost entirely, altogether, approximately, as a rule, as a whole, as an approximation, at large, broadly, broadly speaking, chiefly, commonly, effectually, en masse, essentially, generally, generally speaking, in general, in the main, mainly, mostly, normally, on balance, on the whole, ordinarily, overall, predominantly, prevailingly, roughly, roughly speaking, routinely, speaking generally, substantially, usually, virtually

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