Crossword clues for by and large
Wiktionary
by and large
adv. (context set phrase focus English) mostly, generally; with few exceptions
WordNet
by and large
adv. usually; as a rule; "by and large it doesn't rain much here" [syn: generally, more often than not, mostly]
Usage examples of "by and large".
Gary is, by and large, a help-out kind of guy, and liked by his neighbours in spite of the fact that he's at least half-lit nearly all of the time.
Johnny had relearned a gruesome fact this afternoon: people died hard, by and large, and when they went out, they left without much dignity .