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[ adverb ] with everything considered (and neglecting details)

Examples

"altogether, I'm sorry it happened" "all in all, it's not so bad"

Used in print

(The Providence Journal...)

On_the_whole , audiences will like this performance .

(Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)

The parties were on_the_whole unprepared for elections , while the people were still experiencing post independence let-down and suffering the after_effects of poor harvests in 1957 .

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