BROADLY Definition & Meaning

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adverb

across a wide area:
Seismologists say the earthquake was broadly felt because the hard granite in the area of the epicenter strongly conducts ground motion.
to a great extent; widely:
Which of these principles and values do you think are the most broadly shared by your neighbors?
to a similar extent; generally:
Production is expected to be broadly in line with last year’s, setting us up for another record harvest.
in a widely diffused or bright manner:
The curtains opened, revealing several characters milling about on a broadly lit stage.
in a way that is not limited, narrow, or overly specific:
Network-connected computers are broadly categorized as either servers or workstations.
in a plain, clear, or bold manner:
She knew immediately that the broadly scrawled handwriting on the note was her brother’s.
Most of the people in these photographs are grinning broadly and looking directly into the camera.

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Origin of broadly¹

broad ( def ) + -ly

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“I’m not here to say, ‘I told you so,’” she said, smiling broadly, and the crowd roared.

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The Constitution broadly empowers states to determine the “times, places and manner” for how elections are run.

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Terms of service are also often written broadly or vaguely, and “privacy policies are wholly inadequate to protect our personal information,” she said.

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It is possible that countries could be very broadly bracketed into different levels of a basically universal tariff.

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I think of all this with my thoughts punctuated by the grim onslaught of transphobic — and broadly queerphobic — legislation promised to be delivered from Congress and the cultural vitriol espoused by our nation’s sitting president.

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