broadly, adv.
(ˈbrɔːdlɪ)
[f. broad a. + -ly2.]
1. In a broad manner; widely, extensively.
| 1599 Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 124 When the world..should looke about so broadly, and search so narrowly. 1697 Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 126 The Colt..Barrel belly'd, broadly back'd. 1873 Morley Rousseau I. 309 Two channels, flowing broadly apart. 1884 Bower & Scott De Bary's Phaner. & Ferns 162 A broadly elliptical cavity. |
2. fig. With a broad or general view; generally.
| 1856 Sir B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. I. iii. 91 He has laid down the rule too broadly. 1860 Tyndall Glac. ii. §22. 346 Broadly considered, two classes of facts are presented. |
3. Outspokenly, openly; manifestly, markedly, decidedly; fully.
| 1624 Bedell Lett. iv. 81 [It] made them talke and write of it broadly. 1651 Baxter Inf. Bapt. Apol. 16 Mr. T.'s greatest friends, did the broadlyest speak..of his being foiled. 1753 Scots Mag. Jan. 2/2 The janisaries..pretty broadly hinted their inclination. 1871 Blackie Four Phases i. 154 Looking the man broadly in the face. 1876 Green Short Hist. v. §3 (1882) 233 Wyclif broadly asserted that no man could be excommunicated by the Pope. |
4. With broad pronunciation. See broad a. 7.
| 1580 Baret Alv. B 1341 To speake more brodely: to ioine wordes so..that vowels meete together gapingly. |
5. Art. With artistic breadth. See breadth 5.
| 1875 Fortnum Maiolica xii. 132 Broadly treated grotesques..in camaïeu of greenish grey on a blue ground. |