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[ adverb ] without regard to specific details or exceptions

Examples

"he interprets the law broadly"

Used in print

(Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)

He demonstrated by playing an imaginary piano , doing a staccato passage with a broadly exaggerated attack .

Related terms

narrowly general broad general

2
[ adverb ] in a wide fashion

Examples

"he smiled broadly"

Related terms

wide wide

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