Usually means: Generally successful in most areas.
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  1. by and large: Merriam-Webster
  2. by and large: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. by and large: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. by and large: Collins English Dictionary
  5. by and large: Vocabulary.com
  6. by and large: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. by and large: Wiktionary
  8. by and large: Dictionary.com
  9. by and large: Rhymezone
  10. by and large: MyWord.info
  11. by and large: FreeDictionary.org
  12. by and large: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. by and large: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. By and large: World Wide Words
  15. By and large: Phrase Finder
  16. by and large: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. by and large: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. by and large: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. by and large: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (by and large)

adverb:  (set phrase, focus) Mostly, generally; with few exceptions.

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