In general, in the main; for the most part.
||Gen`e*ra"li*a (?), n. pl. [Neut. pl., fr. L. generalis.]
||Generalities; general terms. J. S. Mill.
Gen`er*al*is"si*mo (?), n. [It., superl. of generale general. See
General, a.] The chief commander of an army; especially, the commander
in chief of an army consisting of two or more grand divisions under
separate commanders; -- a title used in most foreign countries.
Gen`er*al"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Generalities (#). [L. generalitas: cf. F.
gÈnÈralitÈ. Cf. Generalty.]
1. The state of being general; the quality of including species or
particulars. Hooker.
2. That which is general; that which lacks specificalness,
practicalness, or application; a general or vague statement or phrase.
Let us descend from generalities to particulars.
Landor.
The glittering and sounding generalities of natural right which
make up the Declaration of Independence.
R. Choate.
3. The main body; the bulk; the greatest part; as, the generality of a
nation, or of mankind.
Gen"er*al*i`za*ble (?), a. Capable of being generalized, or reduced to
a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule.
Extreme cases are . . . not generalizable.