generically

UK: /dʒɪˈnɛrɪk^əli/

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ge•ner•ic /dʒəˈnɛrɪk/   adj. 

1. Biology of, relating to, or applying to all the members of a class, group, or kind:
   a trait that is generic to humanity.
2. Biology of, relating to, or making up a genus.
3. Grammar (of a word) that may apply to, or refer to, both men and women:
   A generic pronoun is "their.''
4. not protected by trademark registration:
   prescribed a generic drug.

ge•ner•i•cal•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ge•ner•ic  ( jə ner′ik), adj. Also, ge•ner′i•cal. 

1. Biology of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind;
   general.
2. Biology of, pertaining to, or noting a genus, esp. in biology.
3. Grammar (of a word) applicable or referring to both men and women:
   a generic pronoun.
4. not protected by trademark registration:
   "Cola'' and "shuttle'' are generic terms.

n. 

5. a generic term.
6. Drugs any product, as a type of food, drug, or cosmetic commonly marketed under a brand name, that is sold in a package without a brand.
7. Wine a wine made from two or more varieties of grapes, with no one grape constituting more than half the product (distinguished from varietal).

• Latin gener- (see gender¹) + -ic
• 1670–80

ge•ner′i•cal•ly, adv. 
ge•ner′i•cal•ness, n. 
Synonyms

• 4. general, nonproprietary, unrestricted.