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as a rule

as a rule adverb: in general; most often.

Adverb

as a rule

  1. (idiomatic) In general; most often.
    • We go fishing every Sunday as a rule, but today the lake is frozen.
    • His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men—physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill;[…].1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC

as a rule meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

as a rule in Tamil

பொதுவாக, வழக்கமாக, விதிப்படி ஒரு விதியாக

as a rule in Bengali

সাধারণত, অধিকাংশ সময়ে, নিয়ম অনুযায়ী

as a rule in Kannada

ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ, ವಾಡಿಕೆಯಾಗಿ, ಬಹುತೇಕ

Examples of as a rule in a sentence

  • As a rule, single sentences should not be written or printed as paragraphs.1918, William Strunk, Jr., The Elements of Style:
  • As a rule men through economic conditions marry so late that they have already half exhausted their virile power before they marry.1922, Frank Harris, “X”, in My Life and Loves:

Synonyms of as a rule

Questions about as a rule

What does as a rule mean?
As a rule means in general; most often.
What is as a rule in Tamil?
As a rule in Tamil is பொதுவாக, வழக்கமாக, விதிப்படி ஒரு விதியாக. See As a rule meaning in Tamil.
How do you use as a rule in a sentence?
As a rule, single sentences should not be written or printed as paragraphs.
What part of speech is as a rule?
As a rule is an adverb.

Words near as a rule in the dictionary

  1. as a matter of factly
  2. as a matter of facts
  3. as a motherfucker
  4. as a mug
  5. as a result
  6. as a rule
  7. as a whole
  8. as above, so below
  9. as against
  10. as all fuck
  11. as all get out

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Adapted from Wiktionary: as a rule (page history and authors); as a rule (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); as a rule (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); as a rule (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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