by and large
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.36 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
adv
Sailing alternately into the wind and in the same direction as the wind.
Example Sentences
- "It was, by and large, an unexceptional presentation."
- "Taking things by and large, as sailors say, I got on fairly well in the matter of provisions even on the long voyage across the Pacific."
- "“The people doing this by and large don’t have any real concept of how to tell a story, and neither do any kind of A.I.,” Ms. Williams said on Wednesday."
- "Akers claims that ETCS signalling renewals are roughly 50% of the cost of conventional renewals. If nothing else, this is an important reason for NR to be keen to switch. "There's no rocket science or magic in that, there's just physically less to deliver," he says. "There are no trackside signals. Yes, you have balises and marker boards, and you still have train detection, but by and large there is simply less to deliver."
- "Miss Betsey, a charming frigate, that will do honour to our country, if you take her by and large."
- "[…] a man who has heard of the biter bit, feels rather perplexed on the whole, take it by-and-large […]"