broadness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state, characteristic, or condition of being broad; breadth.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

broadness broadnesses

Etymology

From Middle English brodnes (also as brednysse), from Old English brādnes, brǣdnys (“breadth, greatness, extent, surface; liberality”), equivalent to broad + -ness.

Synonyms

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