Definition of "in general" []

• In the general case; without further assumption; without qualification; in all respects. (adverb)
• Generally (adverb)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "It was laid down that the public schools were in general to be denominational in character; but that everywhere, as exceptions, undenominational public schools were permissible, and in two provinces, Nassau and Posen, should be the rule."
• "There were also divergences of opinion as to the nature of the faculties in general in themselves and to what extent there was a distinctio realis between faculties and the essence of the soul."
• "Because their doctrines were esoteric and exoteric, and because it was believed that men in general could not understand the higher paths, the Priscillianists, or at least those of them who were enlightened, were permitted to tell lies for the sake of a holy end."