generically Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb without a trademark or brand name
    • we market these drugs generically
  2. adverb as sharing a common genus
    • these animals are not related generically

WordNet


Ge*ner"ic*al*ly adverb
Definitions
  1. With regard to a genus, or an extensive class; as, an animal generically distinct from another, or two animals or plants generically allied.

Webster 1913