adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
broadly/essentially correct (= correct in most ways, but possibly not all )
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All the evidence suggests that the results of his research are essentially correct.
broadly/roughly similar
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The new employment terms and conditions will be broadly similar to those currently in place.
grin broadly/widely
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He walked out of the pool, grinning widely.
roughly/broadly speaking
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These innovations are, roughly speaking, what this book is about.
smile broadly (= very happily, with a wide smile )
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He sat there smiling broadly.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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based
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The Physical Education department endeavours to provide a broadly based service for all students and staff within the University.
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Andersen Consulting believes what you really need is a more broadly based approach.
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There was much interest in a broadly based Middle Eastern Command which would enlist the willing support of the Arab states.
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What was a broadly based culture has become a field of specialization.
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The Trust's share of Wellcome represents 95 percent of its income-producing to seek a larger and more broadly based income.
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It is, according to the Torstar 1983 business profile: a broadly based information and entertainment communications company.
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I would like to propose one broadly based category which will clearly require extensive elaboration and refinement.
comparable
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The speed of decision making of some tribunals is broadly comparable with that of magistrates' courts and the county courts.
consistent
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These results are broadly consistent with observed ozone changes.
equivalent
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This is in accordance with the Council's long standing policy to maintain reserves broadly equivalent to three months' core activity expenditure.
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It would provide the maximum area of water within the engineering constraints and would be broadly equivalent to mean high water mark.
representative
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Responses have been received from all over the country, and in geographical terms, can regarded as broadly representative .
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Training and Enterprise Councils will be retained, reformed and made more broadly representative of their local communities and given stable budgets.
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What really rankles is the loss of the idea that these bodies are broadly representative of the communities they serve.
similar
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Carlton Communications came from a broadly similar direction but with even more spectacular growth.
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Even countries with broadly similar cultures can differ in what they define as criminal.
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Both the president and the Republican Congress want to reverse that trend with broadly similar plans.
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When they work as agents for finance companies, their rates may be broadly similar though slightly higher.
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There is an obvious danger of excessive duplication when broadly similar organizations conduct broadly similar campaigns.
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Different agencies use rather different versions of this, but they all look broadly similar .
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The appropriate policies that might influence a decision-maker are broadly similar in the two contexts.
speaking
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It is compounded, broadly speaking , of two atoms of hydrogen attached to one of oxygen: H 2 0.
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The independent film movement, broadly speaking , grew out of an art tradition.
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The effect of a decree of nullity, broadly speaking , is that the marriage is treated as if it had never existed.
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accept
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Apart from that, however, I would broadly accept Mr. Munby's third and fourth propositions.
agree
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We broadly agree with the analysis outlined in the preamble to Threshold 21.
define
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The Meaning and Purpose of Regulation Economic regulation might be defined broadly as government interference in what could be a market-based activity.
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Personality Personality can be broadly defined as the propensities within an individual to act a certain way, given a particular context.
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Independent films are, broadly defined , movies that appeal to sophisticated audiences, usually produced outside the traditional studio system.
divide
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Security interests can be divided broadly into consensual and non-consensual securities.
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In this study junctions are divided broadly into two categories depending on the accident estimates that were given to them.
follow
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The current machinery broadly follows the framework of collective bargaining laid down in the 1980 Workers' Statute.
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This index broadly follows the subject headings used in Current Law.
grin
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Li Yuan grinned broadly , enjoying himself.
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The man grinned broadly when he heard Nate.
smile
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She smiles broadly when her name is called.
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He looked up guiltily to find his mother, his brother and Paul smiling broadly at him.
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The man took a well-timed opportunity to smile broadly , a smile that said everything if one knew how to read.
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Neville smiled broadly and turned towards the pumps.
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I saw that dumb interpreter smiling broadly .
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He did not speak much but smiled broadly when she thanked him.
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Eventually he turns to me smiling broadly .
speak
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To summarize, broadly speaking there are three main categories of such patients. 1.
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Moral freedom is, broadly speaking , the possession of the ability t choose either good or evil.
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They mean, broadly speaking , that the talk is less formal.
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The Far East is broadly speaking a tropical and sub-tropical world.
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But broadly speaking the tendency around the middle of the century was toward a more motet-like treatment of the parts.
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A class is, broadly speaking , an important set.
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Domicile. Broadly speaking you are domiciled in the country in which you have your permanent home.
support
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What emerged was a declaration broadly supporting the anti-crisis programme, but altering it in several crucial respects.
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Months before then, the administration must forge a position broadly supported at home.
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The marches were little more than an escape valve for an establishment broadly supported in its basest enterprises by the mainstream.
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Berlusconi wants a new broadly supported government to look into constitutional reforms.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
broadly-based
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The company invests broadly , so that the risk is lessened.
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The federal law applies broadly to all medical devices.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He stepped back a pace, smiling broadly as he saw the young woman who stood before him, looking slightly surprised.
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In some school districts, the state constitution protects student expression more broadly than does Hazelwood.
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It was a case of finite time and brainpower too broadly dissipated, Taylor came to think.
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Once again, he shuffled the recalcitrant deck, smiling too broadly , compelling their attention.
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Some spoke of the need to have a press and a broadcasting service which discussed alternatives within broadly agreed policy frameworks.
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The big firms can also spread overheads such as marketing more broadly .
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The Realist perspective remains broadly the one described in this chapter.