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broadly

/ˈbɹɔːdli/BRAWD-lee
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/ˈbɹɔdli/BRAWD-lee

Meaningin a broad way

Common meaning: generally

Other meanings: widely

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Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishbradsourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishbrodsource
  3. Englishbroad‘wide’
  4. Englishformed in English from broadbroadly‘generally’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from broad + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), BROAD, p.78 · scan

Source words

  • brad Old English · source word “wide”

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