Definitions

  • adv. Usually.

Example Sentences

  • “Unless there is a special shiur, we bederech klal break for lunch at around 1:00.” (Weiser)

  • "Why, bederech klal, more people tend to go toward the maikal sheetah but here more people gravitate to the machmir sheetah?" (source)

Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH בדרך כלל > Y בדרך־כּלל bederekh klal

    • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

      Alternative Spellings

      bederekh klal, be'derech klal, be'derekh klal, b'derech klal, b'derekh klal

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