Averagely speaking...,

[Silverobama]

Is the sentence "Averagely speaking, we had 10 persons each time for the meeting" natural?

I talked to a person who came to our English club for the first time and she asked how many people we've got each time for the meeting. The club meets every Sunday so I told her on average, each time, we had around 10 persons.

Please help me with a natural sentence

 

[5jj]

Is the sentence "Averagely speaking, we had 10 persons each time for the meeting" natural?

It is not. Say On average ... ten people... .

 

[emsr2d2]

Reserve the use of "persons" for legalese and the signs in lifts (elevators) that tell you the maximum capacity.

 

[Silverobama]

It is not. Say On average ... ten people... .

Reserve the use of "persons" for legalese and the signs in lifts (elevators) that tell you the maximum capacity.

Do you mean "On average, we had 10 people each time for the meeting" is natural?

I still have a question then. Since there were more than one meeting, but only one meeting for each Sunday, do I need to use the plural? And Is the following version better?

On average, there were about ten people at each meeting.

Much appreciated!

 

[Annabel Lee]

Is the sentence "Averagely speaking, we had 10 persons each time for the meeting" natural?

I think this is the first time I've seen or heard the adverb averagely, the existence of which I have just confirmed in the OED.

Although the OED does contain one example with averagely speaking (from 1832), my sense is that, to what extent averagely is useful in today's English, it works better as a degree modifier rather than an indication of a mathematical average.

We had an average of 10 people at the meeting each time.
We had, averagely, 10 people at the meeting each time.
She was averagely friendly, not exceptionally so.

 

[SoothingDave]

You can also say "we average about 10 people per meeting."

 

[emsr2d2]

Do you mean "On average, we had 10 people each time for the meeting" is natural?

Yes, although "at each meeting" is better. If you're talking about meetings that happened in the past but you don't want to refer to an expectation of future numbers, stick with "We had". If these meetings still happen, you can use "On average, we have/get ten people at each meeting".

I still have a question then. Since there were was more than one meeting, but only one meeting for each Sunday, do I need to use the plural no question mark here and is the following version better?

Note my corrections above.

On average, there were about ten people at each meeting.

That's probably how I would say it. I might omit "about" because if you've accurately calculated the average number of attendees, you'll have an exact number.