Complete Definition of "on the whole"

English

Adverb
on the whole

  1. idiom For the most part; apart from some insignificant details.

#: The language was wrong for the period, but, on the whole, I enjoyed the film.

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Russian: в �елом (v célom)

fr:on the whole

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