upon the whole

Considering all parts or aspects of something together; ultimately. Karen isn't doing well in French this semester, but upon the whole, her grades are good. Upon the whole, we had a great trip, but it was annoying that our flight got delayed.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Allyson	AL-i-sən	English
Sophie	so-FEE (French), SO-fee (English), ZO-fee (German)	French, English, German, Dutch
Erika	e-REE-kah (Swedish, Norwegian), E-ree-kah (Finnish, German), ER-i-kə (English)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovene, Croatian, English, Italian
Ady	['eidi]
Aiken	['eikin]
Madoline	-	English (Rare)