"broadly speaking" meaning in English

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Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} broadly speaking (not comparable)
  1. Speaking in broad terms. Tags: not-comparable Related terms: generally speaking Translations (Translations): suurin piirtein (Finnish), suunnilleen (Finnish), yleisesti ottaen (Finnish), dans les grandes lignes (French), pour faire simple (French), allgemein (German), ogólnie rzecz biorąc (Polish), a grandes rasgos (Spanish), en líneas generales (Spanish)

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