by and large

adverb3

1. •
   Mostly; generally; all things considered.

   • It was, by and large, an unexceptional presentation.
2. •
   Sailing alternately into the wind and in the same direction as the wind.

   • […] For to make a Ship to drawe or goe but little into the water, and to hold a good winde, and to saile well both by and large, were very necessarie, and especially in these our shallowe Seas, […] — 1578
3. •
   (no longer used) In one way or another.

   • Miss Betsey, a charming frigate, that will do honour to our country, if you take her by and large. — 1769