broadly

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   without regard to specific details or exceptions

   They interpreted the law broadly.

2. 2
   adv

   in a wide fashion

   They smiled broadly at their friend's well timed pun.

3. 3
   adv

   Widely and openly.

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

4. 4
   adv

   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.

Etymology

From broad + -ly.