generically

1. 1.

   without a trademark or brand name

   “we market these drugs generically”
2. 2.

   as sharing a common genus

   “these animals are not related generically”

Questions about generically

What does generically mean?

generically means "without a trademark or brand name". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in generically?

generically has 4 syllables: gene-ric-al-ly. The stress falls on "ric". In IPA it is /dʒəˈnɛɹɪkli/.

Is generically a common word?

generically is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.