generally speaking
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.63 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Synonym of in general; generally.
Example Sentences
- "Generally speaking, today's teenagers aren't much interested in hearing about historical details of typewriter design."
- "It's worth asking Susan before asking anyone else, generally speaking. She usually knows more than the rest of them put together."