on the whole
prep_phraseDefinitions
For the most part
For the most part; apart from some insignificant details.
- The language was wrong for the period, but, on the whole, I enjoyed the film.
- Davis had a ball lodged in his body, and his right hand shot off; but on the whole, he seems to have been less damaged than his companion.
- [H]is class was near enough her own for its manners to vex her. But she found him interesting on the whole.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for on the whole. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA