Definition of Broadly

1. Adverb. Without regard to specific details or exceptions. "He interprets the law broadly"

Exact synonyms: Broadly Speaking, Generally, Loosely
Partainyms: Broad, General
Antonyms: Narrowly

2. Adverb. In a wide fashion. "He smiled broadly"
Partainyms: Broad

Definition of Broadly

1. adv. In a broad manner.

Definition of Broadly

1. Adverb. In a wide manner, liberally, in a loose sense. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Broadly

1. in a broad manner [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Broadly

broadening
broadenings
broadens
broader
broadest
broadest muscle of back
broadhead
broadheads
broadish
broadleaf
broadleafs
broadleaved
broadleaves
broadloom
broadlooms
broadly (current term)
broadly speaking
broadminded
broadmindedly
broadmindedness
broadmouth
broadmouths
broadness
broadnesses
broadnosed
broadpiece
broadpieces
broads
broadscale
broadseal

Literary usage of Broadly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Gray's New Manual of Botany: A Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of by Asa ( Gray, Merritt Lyndon Fernald, Benjamin Lincoln Robinson (1908)
"Leaves large, ovate (often broadly so), simply or doubly serrate or lobed, membranaceous to ... Leaves broadly ovate. Corymbs and fruit nearly glabrous 49. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1865)
"... the narrow portion being lanceolate ; dorsal saddle broadly and very obtusely rounded ; superior lateral lobe from one-fourth to one-third larger than ..."

3. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"... oblong-ovate, pinnate ; pinna; 4 to 15 inches long, broadly slightly falcate, acuminate, ... broadly."

4. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1893)
"Thus we find the cacti forming a little kingdom of their own, and could we here go beyond the limits of an outline, a broadly interesting study might be ..."

5. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1917)
"Eugenics Too broadly Interpreted THE EUGENIC MARRIAGE, A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies, by W. Grant Hague, ..."

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