Synonym: all in all, altogether, tout ensemble. Similar words: on the contrary, the White House, whole, in the way, as a whole, in the way of, in the world, cholesterol. Meaning: adv. with everything considered (and neglecting details).
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31. On the whole, I thought the film was pretty good.
32. On the whole the celebrations were remarkably good-humoured and peaceful. Indeed, it seemed almost too good to be true.
33. Now I can look back on the whole tragedy from a distance of forty years.
34. The lack of facilities for elderly people has cast doubts on the whole of the redevelopment scheme.
35. This is the lowdown on the whole event of the so - called election contest.
36. The bank crash has had a ripple effect on the whole community.
37. We have our bad times but on the whole we're fairly happy.
38. On the whole, Dad has had an easy life .
39. If the viewing figures drop much further, the TV company will probably pull the plug on the whole series.
40. His death cast a blight on the whole of that year.
41. The stupid behaviour of one pupil has brought discredit on the whole school.
42. But on the whole he discharged it badly.
43. His sign language was, on the whole, positive.
44. It was the hope of central-government support that, on the whole, dominated thinking within Labour councils.
45. The Captain kept a file on the whole of the Sardinian community in Tuscany.
46. The dead calm actor is, on the whole, dead boring.
47. On the whole, the impact of spacing upon child mortality outweighs that of any other factor discussed above.
48. Training and Education Inner-city policy has, on the whole, not related to questions of labour supply.
49. It is therefore a full survey conducted on the whole population.
50. Before reaching the town of Rock the path runs through the only sand dunes that we encountered on the whole walk.
51. Nevertheless, Plenderleith injects genuine pathos into his tales that, on the whole, are affiliated to the great game.
52. She could always claim this was a break period, but on the whole it was easier if her movements remained unobserved.
53. And forgive me asking an indelicate question but how are you off for money - on the whole trip?
54. His secondary theme is Athens, which on the whole he seems to prefer.
55. Free-electron lasers on the whole have had a rather bad press.
56. Booksellers On the whole, the relationship between booksellers and librarians is a fairly close one - for obvious commercial reasons.
57. On the whole the professional diplomatists ran this machinery themselves.
58. On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good[sentencedict.com/on the whole.html], and not quite all the time. George Orwell 
59. On the whole, the Commission urges that new hymn tunes should be composed for new words, and viceversa.
60. They used the work of anthropologists and historians which was available, and on the whole they used this work very judiciously.
More similar words: on the contrary, the White House, whole, in the way, as a whole, in the way of, in the world, cholesterol, hold on to, month, on the run, on the road, monthly, on the spot, on the side, on the table, on the grounds of, elsewhere, somewhat, chew, by the way, role, pole, sole, solely, violent, hold, molecule, tolerate, all over the world.