by and largeadv.

Forms: see by prep. and adv., and conj.¹, adv., and n.¹, and large adj., adv., and n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: by adv., and conj.¹, large adv.

Etymology: < by adv. (compare sense 1d at that entry, and also by prep. 9) + and conj.¹ + large adv. (compare sense 6a at that entry, and also large adj. 18).

1. Nautical. To the wind (within six points; cf. by prep. 9) and off it.

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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > use of wind in sailing [phrase] > on and off the wind

by and large1669

1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. 17 Thus you see the ship handled in fair weather and foul, by and learge.

1833 Fraser's Mag. 8 158 They soon find out one another's rate of sailing, by and large.

1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 42 By and large, with the wind near the beam.

2. In one direction and another, all ways; now esp., in a general aspect, without entering into details, on the whole.

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the world > space > direction > in the direction that [phrase] > in all directions

by and large1707

all over the shop1866

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > in general [phrase] > in general terms or not in detail

in substancec1425

in gross1430

at large1533

generally speaking1549

in generality1563

in the general1584

as to the general1617

in general1621

by and large1707

in the vague1851

1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 35 Tho' he trys every way, both by and large, to keep up with his Leader.

1769 in Southern Lit. Mess. XVII. 183/2 Miss Betsey, a charming frigate, that will do honour to our country, if you take her by and large.

1833 J. Neal Down-easters I. 23 A man who feels rather perplexed on the whole, take it by and large.

1878 B. F. Taylor Between Gates 281 Those who sail over the old parallels of latitude by-and-large believe in fair play.

1890 Congress. Rec. May 4376/2 By and large all of us who live there..know the immense benefit that has been derived from it [sc. the prohibition law].

1926 Publishers' Weekly 18 Dec. 2255 By and large the book-store in the South is a sorry institution.

1955 Times 23 May 9/2 The virtue of sound broadcasting was that, by and large, the content mattered more than anything else.

Phrases

to take (something) by and large: to take or regard in a general aspect, without entering into details. Also in later use without take; = on the whole.

ΚΠ

1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 106 Take this same plain blunt Sea-Animal, by and large,..and you'll find him of more intrinsick Value.

1845 S. Judd Margaret ii. v. 283 Take it by and large..and she is the beater of all.

1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad v. 47 Taking it ‘by and large’, as the sailors say, we had a pleasant..run.

1929 P. G. Wodehouse Mr. Mulliner Speaking viii. 248 Taking it by and large—Australia seemed to him a pretty good egg.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	by and large
释义	by and largeadv. Forms: see by prep. and adv., and conj.¹, adv., and n.¹, and large adj., adv., and n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: by adv., and conj.¹, large adv. Etymology: < by adv. (compare sense 1d at that entry, and also by prep. 9) + and conj.¹ + large adv. (compare sense 6a at that entry, and also large adj. 18). 1. Nautical. To the wind (within six points; cf. by prep. 9) and off it. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > use of wind in sailing [phrase] > on and off the wind by and large1669 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. 17 Thus you see the ship handled in fair weather and foul, by and learge. 1833 Fraser's Mag. 8 158 They soon find out one another's rate of sailing, by and large. 1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 42 By and large, with the wind near the beam. 2. In one direction and another, all ways; now esp., in a general aspect, without entering into details, on the whole. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > in the direction that [phrase] > in all directions by and large1707 all over the shop1866 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > in general [phrase] > in general terms or not in detail in substancec1425 in gross1430 at large1533 generally speaking1549 in generality1563 in the general1584 as to the general1617 in general1621 by and large1707 in the vague1851 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 35 Tho' he trys every way, both by and large, to keep up with his Leader. 1769 in Southern Lit. Mess. XVII. 183/2 Miss Betsey, a charming frigate, that will do honour to our country, if you take her by and large. 1833 J. Neal Down-easters I. 23 A man who feels rather perplexed on the whole, take it by and large. 1878 B. F. Taylor Between Gates 281 Those who sail over the old parallels of latitude by-and-large believe in fair play. 1890 Congress. Rec. May 4376/2 By and large all of us who live there..know the immense benefit that has been derived from it [sc. the prohibition law]. 1926 Publishers' Weekly 18 Dec. 2255 By and large the book-store in the South is a sorry institution. 1955 Times 23 May 9/2 The virtue of sound broadcasting was that, by and large, the content mattered more than anything else. Phrases to take (something) by and large: to take or regard in a general aspect, without entering into details. Also in later use without take; = on the whole. ΚΠ 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 106 Take this same plain blunt Sea-Animal, by and large,..and you'll find him of more intrinsick Value. 1845 S. Judd Margaret ii. v. 283 Take it by and large..and she is the beater of all. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad v. 47 Taking it ‘by and large’, as the sailors say, we had a pleasant..run. 1929 P. G. Wodehouse Mr. Mulliner Speaking viii. 248 Taking it by and large—Australia seemed to him a pretty good egg. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2021). > as lemmas by and large d. Nautical. by and large: see as main entry. full and by: see full adj., n.², and adv. Phrases 1d. ΚΠ 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 42 Fill the sailes, keepe full, full and by. a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 83 Your chace goeth best before the wind, and..you can outbeare her, by. 1881 W. C. Russell Ocean Free-lance I. vi. 265 They held on after us nevertheless, sailing full and bye. extracted from byprep.adv. < adv.1669 as lemmas
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