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Definitions

Adverb

1. 1
   In a blanket manner: in a manner that covers or encompasses all of the things under consideration (sometimes despite differences among the various things). not-comparable

   "That foul culpability went unaddressed by John Paul II. Not so much glossed over as blanketly ignored."

Example

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"That foul culpability went unaddressed by John Paul II. Not so much glossed over as blanketly ignored."

Etymology

From blanket + -ly.

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