as a rule

adverb

Roget 613: habitually etc. adj.; always etc. (uniformly) 16.    as usual, as is one's wont, as things go, as the world goes, as the sparks fly upwards; more suo, more solito [Lat.]; ex more.    as a rule, for the most part; usually, generally, typically etc. adj.; most often, most frequently.    ... show more

Moby thesaurus: all in all, all things considered, altogether, as a whole, as an approximation, as per usual, as things go, as usual, at large, broadly, broadly speaking, by and large, chiefly, commonly, customarily, frequently, generally, generally speaking, habitually, in general, mainly, most often, mostly, naturally, normally, normatively, on balance, on the whole, ordinarily, overall, predominantly, prescriptively, prevailingly, regularly, roughly, roughly speaking, routinely, speaking generally, to be expected, usually ... show more.

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