broadly

Word parts

broad + -ly

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /brɔːd.li/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /brɔd.li/
• (Canada) IPA ^(key): /brɑd.li/
• (AU) IPA ^(key): /broːd.li/

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Adverb

Positive broadly

Comparative more broadly

Superlative most broadly

1. You use broadly to suggest that something is true in many but not all cases.
   • Synonym: generally

   Broadly speaking, there's a lot of support.

   It's playing a greater role in the universities and in society broadly.

2. If you do something broadly, you do so over a wide area.
   • Antonym: narrowly

   When the books arrived in the village, they were shared broadly.

   She smiled broadly at the kind words.

   I define the Middle East broadly here to also include Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.

Related words

• broad