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overally

overally is the misconstruction of overall.

Meaning of overall

Adverb

overall (not comparable)

  1. Generally; in general.
    • Overall, there is not enough evidence to form a clear conclusion.
  2. Considering or taking into account everything.
    • The frozen foods side of the business overall saw a loss.

See all 5 meanings of overall

Origin of overally

From overall + -ly.

Questions about overally

What is overally the misconstruction of?
Overally is the misconstruction of overall.

Words near overally in the dictionary

  1. overallocating
  2. overallocation
  3. overallotment
  4. overallotments
  5. overalls
  6. overally
  7. overambition
  8. overambitious
  9. overambitiously
  10. overambitiousness
  11. overamp

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overally (page history and authors); overall (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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