BROADLY Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

broadly

adverb

Definition of broadly

as in highly

to a large extent or degree the new policy is broadly applicable

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Recent Examples of broadly As the new technology pervades the campaign trail ahead of a crucial midterm election, Ridout warned the consequences of AI ads go beyond just individual elections and have the potential to shape the very psychology of elections more broadly. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026 For the better part of the first quarter of this century, the rise of Big Tech has made computer science (CS), and computing education more broadly, among the most popular subjects in American higher education. — Kamau Bobb october 21, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026 Analysts are broadly bullish on Meta going into these earnings, following the release of AI agent Muse back in September. — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026 And more broadly, there has been some skepticism about his claims. — David Hickey, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026 More broadly, financial insecurity is not limited to lower-income households, although concrete hardships remain much more common among them. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 Historically, Tesla shareholders have broadly fallen in line with Musk’s wishes, however. — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026 Specialty and arthouse theaters are playing an outsized role, led by the Angelika in New York, with business spread broadly beyond the two coasts’ largest cities. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2026 Prototypes will precede wider deployment Raytheon’s approach uses a rapid-development process to establish a technical baseline for the GBRD portfolio before the technology is deployed more broadly. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for broadly

Adverb

There is not enough evidence on the effects of ingesting large amounts or highly concentrated clove formulations, especially for people who are pregnant or nursing.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
The tank contained 6,000 to 7,000 gallons of highly flammable methyl methacrylate.

— Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of highly

Adverb

Direct-to-device technology could therefore expand the addressable market considerably.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
But the serious conversations about cutting back on spending and raising taxes taking place in Europe are considerably less serious in the United States.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of considerably

Adverb

Others are skeptical the task force can accomplish much in such a short time period, arguing that eventually sweeping new legislation will be needed to regulate AI.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Now, Mahomes and the Chiefs are undefeated through five games for only the third time in his career, and the offense much more closely resembles the heights of his torrid five-year start compared with the more recent three-season malaise.

— Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of much

Adverb

The general trivia and straight clues are also tough, and there’s a good amount of novelty, including 11 debut entries, a few oddballs among them, and one utterly brutal misdirect that significantly spiced up my solving experience.

— Caitlin Lovinger, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2026
And, of course, a finish that left me utterly speechless on multiple different levels.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of utterly

Adverb

By ratio, the Jim Crow laws led to higher percentages of people being disenfranchised in the United States, according to historian Carole Anderson, who has written extensively about voter suppression of Black communities.

— Diaa Hadid, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026
Glass Half Full works extensively with puppets, and this production is no exception.

— Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of extensively

Adverb

Another Supreme Court case made injunctions — the court orders that companies historically relied on to halt patent infringement — significantly harder to secure.

— Andrei Iancu, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
OpenAI has significantly improved its models’ ability to write software in older programming languages and migrate existing code.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of significantly

Adverb

Advertisement France has never seen so many violent incidents in a movement made up largely of high school students.

— Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Violent crime concentrates in poor neighborhoods, and largely because of our history, Black Americans are far more likely than white Americans to live in them.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026