on the whole

Idioms and Phrases

Considering everything, as in On the whole we enjoyed our vacation, although the hotel was not perfect by any means . [Late 1600s] Also see the synonyms by and large ; for the most part .

Related Words

• commonly
• consistently
• customarily
• frequently
• generally
• mostly
• naturally
• normally
• occasionally
• often
• ordinarily
• regularly
• routinely
• sometimes