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broadly

[brawd-lee] / ˈbrɔd li /
ADVERB
extensively
Synonyms
STRONGEST
largely
WEAK
greatly
ADVERB
far and wide
Synonyms
STRONGEST
widely
WEAK
everywhere far and near great lengths near and far wide
ADVERB
generally
Synonyms
STRONGEST
commonly customarily largely mostly normally ordinarily publicly roughly typically universally usually widely
WEAK
about all in all almost always altogether approximately as a rule by and large chiefly conventionally en masse extensively for the most part habitually on average on the whole overall popularly practically predominantly primarily principally regularly roundly thereabouts
Antonyms
STRONGEST
rarely sometimes unusually
WEAK
exactly particularly seldom specifically
ADVERB
largely
Synonyms
STRONGEST
chiefly generally mostly predominantly principally widely
WEAK
abundantly as a rule by and large commodiously comprehensively considerably copiously expansively extensively extravagantly generously grandly immoderately imposingly in a big way in a grand manner lavishly liberally magnificently mainly on a large scale overall primarily prodigally prodigiously voluminously
ADVERB
widely
Synonyms
STRONGEST
commonly generally universally
WEAK
comprehensively popularly
Antonyms
STRONGEST
specifically
WEAK
locally narrowly

Example Sentences

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Tricks in big air can be broadly categorised into grabs, spins and flips.

From BBC

The results also add to growing evidence that this enzyme is broadly important in helping the body control infectious threats.

From Science Daily

—Oil prices were broadly unchanged in early morning European trade.

From The Wall Street Journal

Oil prices are broadly steady ahead of a second round of talks between the U.S. and Iran this week.

From The Wall Street Journal

More broadly, Hsiao is focused on companies that can help Beijing solve its structural problems.

From Barron's

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