adv
Meaning 1
Widely and openly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
broadly
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɔːdli/
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British, Southern, Standard: /ˈbɹoːdlɪj/
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/ˈbɹɔdli/ without the cot–caught merger
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US: non-cot-caught Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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cot-caught-merger: /ˈbɹɑdli/
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Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈbɹoːdli/
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Scotland: /ˈbɾɔdle/
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Wales: /ˈbɾɔːdli/
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CMU ARPABET: B R AO1 D L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
Broadly speaking; in a wide manner; liberally; in a loose sense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
without regard to specific details or exceptions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he interprets the law broadly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: loosely, broadly speaking, generally
Antonyms: narrowly
adverb
Meaning 4
in a wide fashion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he smiled broadly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bher-der.? Proto-Germanic *braidaz Proto-West Germanic *braid Old English brād Middle English brod English broad Middle English -ly English -ly English broadly From broad + -ly.
Real reading context