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1. broadly
adverb. ['ˈbrɔdli'] without regard to specific details or exceptions.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- -ly (English)
- -lice (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- broad (English)
- brood (Middle English (1100-1500))
Rhymes with Broadly
- ungodly
- broadley
- wadleigh
How do you pronounce broadly?
Pronounce broadly as ˈbrɔdli.
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Sentences with broadly
1. Adverb
There are three major exceptions broadly accepted across the United States.
Quotes about broadly
1. Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.
- Winston S. Churchill, Never Give In!: The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches
2. But you're dead,' said Harry.'Oh, yes,' said Dumbledore matter-of-factly.'Then... am I dead too?''Ah,' said Dumbledore, smiling still more broadly. 'That is the question, isn't it? On the whole, dear boy, I think not.
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
3. Many of our problems are broadly similar to those that undermined ... Norse Greenland, and that many other past societies also struggled to solve. Some of those past societies failed (like the Greenland Norse) and others succeeded ... The past offers us a rich database from which we can learn in order that we may keep on succeeding.
- Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed