ընդհանրապես

• ընդհանրապէս (əndhanrapēs) – traditional orthography spelling

ընդհանուր (əndhanur) +‎ -ապես (-apes)

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [əntʰhɑnɾɑˈpɛs]
  • (Eastern Armenian, colloquial) IPA^(key): [əntʰɑnɾɑˈpɛs]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [əntʰhɑnɾɑˈbɛs]
  • (Western Armenian, colloquial) IPA^(key): [əntʰɑnɾɑˈbɛs]
• Hyphenation: ընդ‧հան‧րա‧պես

ընդհանրապես • (əndhanrapes)

1. in general, generally

   Ընդհանրապես մարդիկ չեն սիրում ձմեռը։ ― Əndhanrapes mardik čʿen sirum jmeṙə. ― People generally don't like winters.

2. always, usually
3. altogether, on the whole
4. at all

   Ես ընդհանրապես ոչինչ չհասկացա։ ― Es əndhanrapes očʿinčʿ čʿhaskacʿa. ― I did not understand anything at all.

In colloquial Eastern Armenian the Russian вообще́ (voobščé), pronounced as [vɑpʰˈʃɛ] and in very informal writing spelled as վաբշե (vabše), վապշե (vapše) or վափշե (vapʿše), is used instead.

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ընդհանրապէս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 200b
• J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837), “ընդհանրապէս”, in Baṙgirkʿ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 539b