generically
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4.2
- adverb
- /dʒəˈnɛrɪkli/
- Such clusters are generically called neg nutgiinkhan (people of one place).
- more generically
- generically termed
- only generically
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Watch on YouTubeSo quite generically the flows are like this.
- So quite generically the flows are like this.
- So this is rarely flexible, but generically it's rigid.
- And so, you know, it is conceivable that it is generically true.
- Like I generically, people are incredibly generous.
Examples
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I am trying to discover whom our clients are (generically) and how they prefer to talk to us.
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So this is rarely flexible, but generically it's rigid.
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And a quarter of people were like me, just kind of generically interested.
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So the this is important generically for people to recognize.
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So quite generically the flows are like this.
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During that period, applied psychologists were often referred to generically as clinical psychologists.
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The word Serai is Persian; generically, it signifies a house.
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Thematically and generically, these writers are often regarded as representatives of fiction in English rather than of a national Irish literature.
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Danish culture is an essentially undifferentiated quantity, generically describable as "olden days."
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Many animals, generically, share similar traits despite being different species.
Synonyms
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1.0
Usually or in most cases
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1.6
Says something is true most of the time, not about small details
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2.2
In the usual way for a person, thing, or group
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3.5
In a general way without considering small details
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To say something is true in general
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7.4
In a way that deals with ideas rather than real things
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In a broad way that affects many people or things
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4.2
In a general way without details
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7.2
In a general way not aimed at a single thing
Antonyms
How General
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.