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Shockingly green friend, on the whole (9)

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I believe the answer is:

generally

'on the whole' is the definition.
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'shockingly green friend' is the wordplay.
'shockingly' is an anagram indicator.
'friend' becomes 'ally' (I've seen this before).
'green' with letters rearranged gives 'gener'.
'gener'+'ally'='GENERALLY'

(Other definitions for generally that I've seen before include "most of the time" , "In most cases, usually" , "In most cases, as a general rule" , "For the most part" , "as usual" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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