Crossword clues for broadest
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Broad \Broad\ (br[add]d), a. [Compar. Broader (br[add]d"[~e]r); superl. Broadest.] [OE. brod, brad, AS. br[=a]d; akin to OS. br[=e]d, D. breed, G. breit, Icel. brei[eth]r, Sw. & Dan. bred, Goth. braids. Cf. Breadth.]
Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full. ``Broad and open day.''
--Bp. Porteus.-
Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; -- applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive.
A broad mixture of falsehood.
--Locke.Note: Hence:
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Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case.
--D. Daggett.In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way.
--E. Everett. Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
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Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
As broad and general as the casing air.
--Shak. (Fine Arts) Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
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Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
Note: Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide, large, etc.; as, broad-chested, broad-shouldered, broad-spreading, broad-winged.
Broad acres. See under Acre.
Broad arrow, originally a pheon. See Pheon, and Broad arrow under Arrow.
As broad as long, having the length equal to the breadth; hence, the same one way as another; coming to the same result by different ways or processes.
It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others, or bring others down to them.
--L'Estrange.Broad pennant. See under Pennant.
Syn: Wide; large; ample; expanded; spacious; roomy; extensive; vast; comprehensive; liberal.
Wiktionary
a. (en-superlative of: broad)
Usage examples of "broadest".
I had hunted this animal several times, and on one occasion saw him swim the Pench river at one of its broadest reaches.
Monroe himself ultimately adopted the broadest view of the spending power, from which, however, he carefully excluded any element of regulatory or police power.
Supreme Court is subject to control by Congress in the exercise of the broadest discretion.
And evolution, in the broadest sense, is a sensitive flight from the pain of partiality.
France is all right in its way, but I came to the conclusion that the greatest and broadest stroke of diplomacy possible to Englishmen to-day was to cultivate more benevolent and more confidential relations with Germany.
They provided Rommel with undoubtedly the broadest and clearest picture of enemy forces and intentions available to any Axis commander throughout the whole war.
The spines are flat on the under-surface and concave on the upper, sharply pointed and broadest near the root.
Testimony here assumes its broadest connotation as the exemplary affirmation of incontrovertible human and national values.
Despite her suffering, poor Maude, recognizing the shameless display she had just made of herself, clapped her left palm over the intimate hollow to hide it from him, and was promptly rewarded with another magisterial stroke of the rod, this one switching fiercely across the broadest, most resilient curves of both her bottomcheeks.
Gently patting her naked backside with the broadest part of the rod, he at last drew back his arm and swept it majestically over the velvety surfaces.
Then he laid the swishy, thin, long rod carefully over the broadest curves of both huddling, inflamed and well-streaked bottomovals, and Alice broke down tearfully, praying for pardon and imploring him to accept her profound apologies for having angered him, avowing that she would be dutifully obedient and humble in all things henceforth if he would only spare her.
It discusses the situation of affairs, both from the political and military point of view, in a spirit of the broadest statesmanship, and with the acumen of a great soldier.
He uniformly adopted the broadest and most judicious plan to bring on battle, and personally directed, as far as was possible, every detail of his movements.
American Republic are cemented and restored by the broadest and purest American sentiment.
The Bogue varied in width from three miles at its broadest to less than a mile at some places, and steep hills on either side fell to the water in a natural defile.