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broadness

Variant of broad

adjective

  1. of large extent from side to side; wide
  2. having great extent or expanse; spacious: broad prairies
  3. extending all about; clear; open; full: broad daylight
  4. easy to understand; not subtle; obvious: a broad hint
  5. strongly marked: said of dialects or accents
  6. coarse or ribald: a broad joke
  7. tolerant; liberal: to take a broad view of a matter
  8. wide in range; not limited: a broad variety, a broad education
  9. main or general; not detailed: in broad outline
  10. Phonet. pronounced with the tongue held low and flat in the mouth; open, esp. as the (ä) of father

adverb

in a broad manner; widely

noun

Slang a woman: sometimes considered offensive

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