broadly

Adverb

broadly (comparative more broadly, superlative most broadly)

1. Widely and openly.
   • [W]hen he caught sight of her running towards him like that, he smiled broadly.1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 16
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...1958 January, 'Borderer', “Ten Years of British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 13
   • 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...2018 January 25, Amelia Gentleman, “Men-only clubs and menace: how the establishment maintains male power”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2021