on the whole Synonyms

altogether all things considered all in all by and large most of the time on balance in a nutshell as a rule in general usually in the main broadly speaking in short in brief in essence generally speaking in sum this being so taking everything into account in overall in the general run of things almost entirely in most cases as a general rule preponderantly on average most of all in toto in total in the long run in conclusion for the most part basically overall ordinarily normally mostly mainly largely inclusively historically generally customarily commonly chiefly predominantly prevailingly primarily typically at large