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generically

generically

3 4.2
In a general way without giving specific details
  • adverb
  • /dʒəˈnɛrɪkli/
translation icon : en términos generales
  • Such clusters are generically called neg nutgiinkhan (people of one place).
  • more generically
  • generically termed
  • only generically

So quite generically the flows are like this.

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Examples

  • I am trying to discover whom our clients are (generically) and how they prefer to talk to us.

    Blog text (1)
  • So this is rarely flexible, but generically it's rigid.

  • And a quarter of people were like me, just kind of generically interested.

  • So the this is important generically for people to recognize.

  • So quite generically the flows are like this.

  • During that period, applied psychologists were often referred to generically as clinical psychologists.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The word Serai is Persian; generically, it signifies a house.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Thematically and generically, these writers are often regarded as representatives of fiction in English rather than of a national Irish literature.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Danish culture is an essentially undifferentiated quantity, generically describable as "olden days."

    Academic text (1995)
  • Many animals, generically, share similar traits despite being different species.

Synonyms

generally
vsgenerically
1.0

Usually or in most cases

speaks of generality without emphasizing usual frequency
typically
vsgenerically
426 2.2

In the usual way for a person, thing, or group

is broader and does not limit meaning to typical examples
in general
vsgenerically
219 1.6

Says something is true most of the time, not about small details

focuses on the general idea rather than specific examples
broadly
vsgenerically
73 3.5

In a general way without considering small details

is about being general without pointing to wide scope
abstractly
vsgenerically
4 7.4

In a way that deals with ideas rather than real things

is about generality without focusing on abstract theory
broadly speaking
vsgenerically
1 3.7

To say something is true in general

states a general point without referring to particular details
sweepingly
vsgenerically
1 7.4

In a broad way that affects many people or things

is more neutral and avoids implying wide sweeping coverage
in a broad way
vsgenerically
4.2

In a general way without details

is the neutral form that avoids any specific detail
nonspecifically
vsgenerically
7.2

In a general way not aimed at a single thing

frames the same notion as a general, non specific statement

Antonyms

950 3.2

Shows one particular thing in a clear, exact way

136 2.5

Happening one at a time and not with others

How General

vaguely
115 3.9
generally
1.0
generically
3 4.2
specifically
950 3.2
precisely
124 3.7

Surface Forms

generically positive

Morphology

generically = generic (transparent) = generic + ally

Regular adverbial formation from the adjective 'generic', yielding the expected meaning 'in a general way'.

Etymology

Generically comes from the root gen- and the Latin genus, meaning 'kind' or 'group', and it is like the word general. So to speak generically is to speak in a general way without giving details.