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Broadly

//ˈbɹɔːd.li// adv

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Widely and openly.

    "[W]hen he caught sight of her running towards him like that, he smiled broadly."

  2. 2
    Broadly speaking; in a wide manner; liberally; in a loose sense.

    "All these were based broadly on the management framework of the old companies, except that the former Southern and North Eastern Areas of the old L.N.E.R. became separate management units, while the former L.M.S.R. and L.N.E.R. lines north of the Border were fused into a self-contained Scottish Region."

Adverb
  1. 1
    without regard to specific details or exceptions wordnet
  2. 2
    in a wide fashion wordnet

Etymology

From broad + -ly.

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