broadly speaking
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3.7
- idiom
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en términos generales
- But so I guess broadly speaking, there are two different approaches.
- broadly speaking, two
I feel really lucky to have, broadly speaking, good mental health.
- I feel really lucky to have, broadly speaking, good mental health.
- They try to explain things, broadly speaking, using physical descriptions.
- And I had, broadly speaking, two kinds of answers.
- In those two, let's just call it lineages or broadly speaking, schools of thought.
- Technology, broadly speaking, has really enabled that.
- I think the beauty of the university, broadly speaking, is the faculty and the students.
- So I don't know, broadly speaking, who is the most influential on the left?
- Question is, broadly speaking, is Intel screwed?
- But so I guess broadly speaking, there are two different approaches.
- But what we can talk about is the percent up charge has broadly speaking increased for these models.
- And that actually matters because it's those people who were in charge, broadly speaking.
- Now, these are what Hume calls emotions or passions, or we might say broadly speaking, affectivity.
- It could be from your personal story, It could be from what you've seen or learned more broadly speaking about addiction and recovery.
- And allowing people to do that in their basement is, is not something that's really exciting to us, broadly speaking.
- But very broadly speaking, THC is largely responsible for the psychoactive effects of cannabis.
Examples
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Broadly speaking, most people agree that exercise is beneficial for health.
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Broadly speaking, women tend to be more conservative when it comes to social and moral issues than men.
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I feel really lucky to have, broadly speaking, good mental health.
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I think the beauty of the university, broadly speaking, is the faculty and the students.
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Technology, broadly speaking, has really enabled that.
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There are, broadly speaking, two arguments against the idea that social media will make a difference in national politics.
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Broadly speaking, there are three kinds of conflicts that affect us all.
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Broadly speaking, we can think about two types of reading impairment.
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Broadly speaking, New Delhi has pursued a "soft power" strategy toward Afghanistan, sticking to civilian rather than military matters.
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Broadly speaking, treaties should be kept unless doing so will result in unambiguous harm to innocent third parties.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
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1.0
Usually or in most cases
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1.6
Says something is true most of the time, not about small details
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3.5
In a general way without considering small details
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3.7
In a way that is not exact or strict
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3.3
In general, something is true when you think about everything
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4.2
In a general way without giving specific details
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7.4
In a broad way that affects many people or things
In a general way without details
How General
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3.7
14
4.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'broadly' (in general) combined with 'speaking' (when saying) yields 'when saying something in general terms.' This is a common English modifier + gerund pattern with clear equivalents in other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Broadly speaking comes from the image of broad meaning wide and speaking meaning saying something from that wide view, like standing on a hill and describing the whole area. So, broadly speaking means 'in general' or 'without the small details'.