on the whole

Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  For the most part; apart from some insignificant details.
 *  The language was wrong for the period, but, on the whole, I enjoyed the film.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:mostly

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 大體而言, 全盤看來, , 大致上
 * Danish: i det store og hele, stort set
 * Dutch: in het algemeen,
 * Finnish: kokonaisuutena
 * French:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian: nel complesso, nell'insieme
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ogólnie rzecz biorąc,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: san fharsaingeachd
 * Spanish: en general
 * Swedish: på det hela taget, på det stora hela
 * Telugu: