# broadly

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈbɹɔːd.li/ · frequency rank #9,290

## Definitions
1. Widely and openly.
2. Broadly speaking; in a wide manner; liberally; in a loose sense.

## Etymology
From broad + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **brody** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broadly-vs-brody)
- **Broadway** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broadly-vs-broadway)
- **broad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broad-vs-broadly)
- **badly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/badly-vs-broadly)
- **Brady** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brady-vs-broadly)
- **boldly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boldly-vs-broadly)
- **Bradley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bradley-vs-broadly)
- **broader** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broader-vs-broadly)
- **broaden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broaden-vs-broadly)

## Common misspellings (11)
`bbroadly`, `boradly`, `braodly`, `broaddly`, `broadlly`, `broadlyy`, `broadyl`, `broaldy`, `brodaly`, `brroadly`, `rboadly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/broadly