By and large
By and large adverb - For the most part.
In fact and by and large are semantically related. In some cases you can use "In fact" instead an adverb phrase "By and large".
In fact
In fact adverb - In reality or actuality.
By and large and in fact are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "By and large" instead an adverb phrase "In fact".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- In fact, Coyote is, by and large, simply Chaotic Neutral.
- In fact, everything the dwarves build are, by and large, useless or at least impractical.
- So the underlying fact of the movie is that, by and large, while The Dude is accomplishing nothing of value, he is not the only one doing so; he is, in fact, the only one being honest about it, by actually doing nothing rather than pretending to do things that in fact have no intrinsic value.
Source: Analysis / The Big Lebowski
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