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Broadly

In a broad manner.

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Broad 66% connected

Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Wide 66% connected

Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to that of length; not narrow…

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Generally 92% connected

In general; commonly; extensively, though not universally; most frequently.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Loosely 92% connected

In a loose manner.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Narrowly 94% connected

With little breadth; in a narrow manner.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrowly 94% connected

With little breadth; in a narrow manner.

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At times adverb · 78% connection

sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…

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Believably adverb · 78% connection

easy to believe on the basis of available evidence; "he talked plausibly before the committee"; "he will probably win the election"

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Broadly speaking adverb · 78% connection

without regard to specific details or exceptions; "he interprets the law broadly"

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By and large adverb · 78% connection

usually; as a rule; "by and large it doesn't rain much here"

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Caveat noun · 78% connection

(law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing; "a caveat filed against th…

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Close to adverb · 78% connection

(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years…

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From time to time adverb · 78% connection

sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…

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In all likelihood adverb · 78% connection

with considerable certainty; without much doubt; "He is probably out of the country"; "in all likelihood we are headed for war"

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In all probability adverb · 78% connection

with considerable certainty; without much doubt; "He is probably out of the country"; "in all likelihood we are headed for war"

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In part adverb · 78% connection

to some extent; in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed"

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Just about adverb · 78% connection

(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years…

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Limit noun · 78% connection

the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed; "there are limits on the amount you can bet"; "it is growing rapidly wit…

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More often than not adverb · 78% connection

usually; as a rule; "by and large it doesn't rain much here"

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More or less adverb · 78% connection

(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years…

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Now and again adverb · 78% connection

sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…

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Now and then adverb · 78% connection

sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…

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Obviously adverb · 78% connection

unmistakably (‘plain’ is often used informally for ‘plainly’); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great…

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On occasion adverb · 78% connection

sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…

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Action noun · 78% connection

A suit or process, by which a demand is made of a right in a court of justice; in a broad sense, a judicial proceeding for the enforce…

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Almadie noun · 78% connection

A boat used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long, and six or seven broad.

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Angler noun · 78% connection

A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar ap…

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Anlace noun · 78% connection

A broad dagger formerly worn at the girdle.

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Apple-faced adjective · 78% connection

Having a round, broad face, like an apple.

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Archipelago noun · 78% connection

Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands.

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Artichoke noun · 78% connection

The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The head (to which the…

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Avenue noun · 78% connection

The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees;…

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Bac noun · 78% connection

A broad, flatbottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope.

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Backed adjective · 78% connection

Having a back; fitted with a back; as, a backed electrotype or stereotype plate. Used in composition; as, broad-backed; hump-backed.

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Baldric noun · 78% connection

A broad belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn over one shoulder, across the breast, and under the opposite arm; less properly, any b…

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Bamboo fern noun · 78% connection

fast-growing sturdy Japanese fern; cultivated for their attractive broad dark-green pinnate fronds

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