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Sweepingly

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Adverb

1. sweepingly

in a sweeping manner

Example Sentences:
'he sweepingly condemned the entire population of the country for the war crimes'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sweepingly

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adjective
1. 
comprehensive and wide-ranging
sweeping reforms
2. 
indiscriminate or without reservations
sweeping statements
3. 
decisive or overwhelming
a sweeping victory
4. 
taking in a wide area
a sweeping glance
5. 
driving steadily onwards, esp over a large area
a sweeping attack

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Sweepingly

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adjective
1. 
that sweeps; cleansing or carrying away with or as with a broom
2. 
reaching in a long curve or line
3. 
extending over the whole range or a great space
4. 
a. 
extensive; comprehensive; thoroughgoing
b. 
complete; decisive
c. 
indiscriminate
a sweeping generalization
noun
5.  [pl.]
things swept up, as dirt, particles, etc. swept from a floor
6. 
the act, work, etc. of a person or thing that sweeps

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sweepingly

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adj.
1. Having wide-ranging influence or effect: sweeping changes.
2. Moving in or as if in a wide curve: a sweeping gesture; a sweeping glance.
3. Indiscriminate; wholesale: sweeping generalizations.
4. Overwhelming; complete: a sweeping victory.
n.
1. The action of one that sweeps.
2. sweepings Things swept up; refuse.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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