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broadly, adv.|ˈbrɔːdlɪ|
[f. broad a. + -ly2.]
1. In a broad manner; widely, extensively.
1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 124 When the world..should looke about so broadly, and search so narrowly. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 126 The Colt..Barrel belly'd, broadly back'd. 1873Morley Rousseau I. 309 Two channels, flowing broadly apart. 1884Bower & Scott De Bary's Phaner. & Ferns 162 A broadly elliptical cavity.
2. fig. With a broad or general view; generally.
1856Sir B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. I. iii. 91 He has laid down the rule too broadly. 1860Tyndall Glac. ii. §22. 346 Broadly considered, two classes of facts are presented.
3. Outspokenly, openly; manifestly, markedly, decidedly; fully.
1624Bedell Lett. iv. 81 [It] made them talke and write of it broadly. 1651Baxter Inf. Bapt. Apol. 16 Mr. T.'s greatest friends, did the broadlyest speak..of his being foiled. 1753Scots Mag. Jan. 2/2 The janisaries..pretty broadly hinted their inclination. 1871Blackie Four Phases i. 154 Looking the man broadly in the face. 1876Green Short Hist. v. §3 (1882) 233 Wyclif broadly asserted that no man could be excommunicated by the Pope.
4. With broad pronunciation. See broad a. 7.
1580Baret Alv. B 1341 To speake more brodely: to ioine wordes so..that vowels meete together gapingly.
5. Art. With artistic breadth. See breadth 5.
1875Fortnum Maiolica xii. 132 Broadly treated grotesques..in camaïeu of greenish grey on a blue ground. |