Usually means: Generally applicable in most cases.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. as a rule: Merriam-Webster
  2. as a rule: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. as a rule: Collins English Dictionary
  4. as a rule: Wordnik
  5. as a (general) rule: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. as a rule: Wiktionary
  7. As a rule, as a rule: Dictionary.com
  8. as a rule: FreeDictionary.org
  9. As a rule: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. as a rule: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. as a rule: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. as a rule: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (as a rule)

▸ adverb:  (idiomatic) In general; most often.

Similar:
in general, generally, for the most part, ordinarily, commonly, general, typically, most an end, generally speaking, by and large, more...

Phrases:
as a general rule, as a rule of thumb, more...

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Similar:
in general, generally, for the most part, ordinarily, commonly, general, typically, most an end, generally speaking, by and large, more...

Phrases:
as a general rule, as a rule of thumb, more...



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