broadly

adv

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.

1. Widely and openly.

   “[W]hen he caught sight of her running towards him like that, he smiled broadly.”

2. Broadly speaking; in a wide manner; liberally; in a loose sense.

   “All these were based broadly on the management framework of the old companies, except that the former Southern and North Eastern Areas of the old L.N.E.R. became separate management units, while the former L.M.S.R. and L.N.E.R. lines north of the Border were fused into a self-contained Scottish Region.”

   “While companies are bravely talking about their efforts to redress the gender pay gap (large employers will be compelled to report details of how they pay their male and female staff in April), we know that women are, on average, much worse paid than men throughout the City. Broadly, power remains in men’s hands.”