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broadly speaking
adverb
without regard to specific details or exceptions
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he interprets the law broadly

Syn: ↑broadly, ↑loosely, ↑generally
Ant: ↑narrowly (for: ↑broadly)
Derived from adjective: ↑general (for: ↑generally), ↑broad (for: ↑broadly)

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ˈgenerally, ˈbroadly, ˈroughly, ˈrelatively, etc. speaking idiom
used to show that what you are saying is true in a general, etc. way

Generally speaking, the more you pay, the more you get.

There are, broadly speaking, two ways of doing this.

Personally speaking, I've always preferred Italian food.

Main entry:speakidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.