broadly
/ˈbrɔːdli
/adverb
1 [sentence adverb] In general and without considering minor details: the climate is broadly similar in the two regions broadly speaking, the risks are as follows...
- No doubt there are more but, broadly speaking, the situation is this, we would submit.
- There are, broadly speaking, two kinds of relativism, cultural and cognitive.
- And hence the proper way to arrive at such a criterion is, broadly speaking, inductive.
Synonyms
in general, on the whole, as a rule, in the main, mainly, predominantly;
loosely, roughly, approximately;
chiefly, commonly, usually
2Widely and openly: he was grinning broadly...
- The teenager, who plays Harry, grinned broadly and posed for the cameras.
- The Expert Temp grinning broadly behind the staff member sensed this, and leered at me.
- When he heard about this seemingly overdue admission by the trainer, Carberry grinned broadly.
Synonyms
widely, openly
- Patten, Christopher
- pattener
- patten-maker
- patten shoe
- patter
- patterer
- pattern
- patternable
- patternation
- pattern baldness
- pattern-bomb
- pattern book
- pattern card
- pattern congruity
- pattern cylinder
- pattern darning
- pattern designer
- pattern drawer
- pattern-drawing
- pattern drill
- patterned ground
- patterner
- patternisation
- patternism
- patternist