on average
As a rule
On average describes what is typical or expected when variations are smoothed out: On average, it takes about thirty minutes to get there.
The phrase signals that individual instances may differ, but the stated figure represents the norm.
Sometimes shortened to on the average or replaced by on balance when speaking more generally.
- generallyIn most instances
- as a ruleIn most instances
- on the wholeConsidering all factors
- for the most partGenerally, not entirely
- normAccepted behavioral standard
mean · typicality · by and large · more or less · give or take · ordinarily · median · benchmark · ballpark · approximation · roughly · usually · central tendency · per capita · in the long run · often · expectation · commonly
- phrasesnoun phrases, noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, prepositional phrases
- quantifiersall, any, every, each, both
on averagespecifically
In a precise manner
individually · one by one · without exception · universally · never
on averageat most
Not exceeding
at least · atypically · exceptionally · anomalously · specifically
on averageexceptionally
To an unusual degree
unusually · atypically · extraordinarily · abnormally · remarkably