broad´ly

broad´ly: broad «brd», adjective, adverb, noun.

–adj.

1. large across; wide: »Many cars can go on that broad new highway.
SYNONYM(S): See syn. under wide. (Cf. ↑wide)

2. having wide range; extensive; vast: »the broad expanse of the ocean. A teacher has broad experience with children.
SYNONYM(S): ample.

3. Figurative. not limited or narrow; liberal; tolerant: »The police took a broad view of the boys' prank and did not bring charges against them.

4. including only the most important parts; general: »Give me the broad outlines of what the speech was about.
SYNONYM(S): main.

5. clear; full: »The theft was made in broad daylight.

6. plain; plainspoken; frank: »to criticize in broad phrases. He gave his parents broad hints of what he wanted for his birthday.

7. coarse; not refined: »broad jokes.
SYNONYM(S): gross.

8. uninhibited; free from restraints: »broad mirth.

9. a) markedly dialectal; having local characteristics: »broad Scotch.
b) characterized by full, strong utterance.

10. pronounced with a wide opening between tongue and palate. The a in father is broad.

11. indicating pronunciation busing one symbol for each phoneme, disregarding allophones.

–adv.

1. in a broad manner; fully; widely: »... being in bed but broad awake (John Wesley).

2. outspokenly; without reserve: »Who can speak broader than he that has no house to put his head in? (Shakespeare).

3. with a broad accent: »Some Devonshire countrymen speak very broad.

–n.

1. the broad part of anything, especially of a part of the body: »He fell on the broad of his back.

2. British. an extensive stretch of fresh water spreading out from a river: »the Norfolk broads.

3. U.S. Slang. (sometimes regarded as vulgar or offensive) a woman or girl.

╂[Old English brād]

–broad´ly, adverb.

–broad´ness, noun.

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Broad — (br[add]d), a. [Compar. {Broader} (br[add]d [ e]r); superl. {Broadest}.] [OE. brod, brad, AS. br[=a]d; akin to OS. br[=e]d, D. breed, G. breit, Icel. brei[eth]r, Sw. & Dan. bred, Goth. braids. Cf. {Breadth}.] 1. Wide; extend in breadth, or from… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Broad — may refer to:* Broad (British coin), English gold coin minted under the commonwealth with a bust of Oliver Cromwell on the obverse * Broad church, Latitudinarian churchmanship in the Church of England * Broad Front Progressive Encounter New… … Wikipedia
broad — [brôd] adj. [ME brod < OE brad; akin to Ger breit] 1. of large extent from side to side; wide 2. having great extent or expanse; spacious [broad prairies] 3. extending all about; clear; open; full [broad daylight] 4. easy to understand; not… … English World dictionary
broad — adj Broad, wide, deep are comparable chiefly when they refer to horizontal extent. Broad and wide apply to surfaces or areas as measured from side to side {a picture two feet wide} and deep (see also DEEP) to those as measured from front to back… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Broad — ist der Nachname von mehreren Personen: C. D. Broad (1887–1971), englischer Philosoph Chris Broad (* 1957), englischer Cricketspieler Eli Broad, Kunstmäzen Neil Broad (* 1966), britischer Tennisspieler Pery Broad (1921–1994), SS Unterscharführer… … Deutsch Wikipedia
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broad — I adjective ample, amplitudinous, amplus, blanket, collective, comprehensive, covering all cases, deep, diffuse, encyclopedic, expansive, extended, extending, extensive, far flung, far reaching, far spread, full, general, generalized, generic,… … Law dictionary
broad — [adj1] wide physically ample, capacious, deep, expansive, extended, extensive, full, generous, immense, large, latitudinous, outspread, outstretched, roomy, spacious, splay, squat, thick, vast, voluminous, widespread; concepts 773,796 Ant. narrow … New thesaurus
Broad — Broad, n. 1. The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar. [1913 Webster] 2. The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen. [Local, Eng.] Southey. [1913 Webster] 3. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
broad — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having a distance larger than usual from side to side; wide. 2) of a specified distance wide. 3) large in area or scope. 4) without detail; general. 5) (of a hint) clear and unambiguous. 6) (of a regional accent) very noticeable… … English terms dictionary

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