broadly speaking

1. 1.

   without regard to specific details or exceptions

   “he interprets the law broadly”

   Synonymsbroadlylooselygenerally

Questions about broadly speaking

What does broadly speaking mean?

broadly speaking means "without regard to specific details or exceptions".

What is another word for broadly speaking?

Close synonyms include broadly, loosely, generally. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is broadly speaking a common word?

broadly speaking is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.