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sweepingly
adverb
uk /ˈswiː.pɪŋ.li/ us /ˈswiː.pɪŋ.li/
disapproving
in a way that is too general and that has not been carefully thought about:
He sweepingly stated that most research outside of the sciences is not worth it.
"Contemporary culture has never been so interesting," he sweepingly declares.
in a way that affects many things or people:
Last year, there were some sweepingly extensive service outages.
If the world is going to sweepingly incorporate renewable energy into the electricity grid, governments need to commit to funding it.
"People expect too much," she said, sweepingly.
As a youth, I do not consider myself "barbarous", as he so sweepingly describes young people.
Her sweepingly negative generalizations seem even more remarkable because of the fact that she has never been to the places she criticizes.
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