as a (general) rule

Typically; most of the time. As a general rule, I won't sit in the window seat on an airplane. I get too anxious watching the ground below disappear! My mother always makes extra food for family dinners, as a rule.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jamsheed	-	Persian, Persian Mythology
Epimetheus	-	Greek Mythology
Carmen	['ka:men]
Abrikosor	[əbri'kɔsɔf]
Shakura	-	Arabic
Roger	RAH-jər (English), ro-ZHE (French)	English, French, Catalan, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch