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I love the grandiosity, how sweepingly entertaining films can be. And I think there's a place for films that pry more into the human condition.
Colin Farrell

Meaning of "sweepingly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SWEEPINGLY

sweepingly  [ˈswiːpɪŋlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SWEEPINGLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sweepingly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES SWEEPINGLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sweepingly in the English dictionary

The first definition of sweepingly in the dictionary is comprehensively; in such a way as to be wide-ranging. Other definition of sweepingly is indiscriminately; with too great a scope. Sweepingly is also in such a way as to take in a wide area.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SWEEPINGLY


carpingly
ˈkɑːpɪŋlɪ
creepingly
ˈkriːpɪŋlɪ
droopingly
ˈdruːpɪŋlɪ
gapingly
ˈɡeɪpɪŋlɪ
gaspingly
ˈɡɑːspɪŋlɪ
graspingly
ˈɡrɑːspɪŋlɪ
grippingly
ˈɡrɪpɪŋlɪ
jaw-droppingly
ˈdʒɔːdrɒpɪŋlɪ
limpingly
ˈlɪmpɪŋlɪ
lispingly
ˈlɪspɪŋlɪ
nippingly
ˈnɪpɪŋlɪ
rippingly
ˈrɪpɪŋlɪ
rompingly
ˈrɒmpɪŋlɪ
skippingly
ˈskɪpɪŋlɪ
slopingly
ˈsləʊpɪŋlɪ
snappingly
ˈsnæpɪŋlɪ
stoopingly
ˈstuːpɪŋlɪ
toppingly
ˈtɒpɪŋlɪ
usurpingly
juːˈzɜːpɪŋlɪ
weepingly
ˈwiːpɪŋlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SWEEPINGLY

sweeney
sweeny
sweep
sweep hand
sweep something under the carpet
sweep the board
sweep-saw
sweepback
sweeper
sweeping
sweepingness
sweepings
sweepstake
sweepstakes
sweepy
sweer
sweet
sweet alison
sweet alyssum
sweet basil

WORDS THAT END LIKE SWEEPINGLY

accordingly
amazingly
astonishingly
correspondingly
exceedingly
increasingly
interestingly
irritatingly
knowingly
livingly
lovingly
overwhelmingly
seemingly
shockingly
sickeningly
singly
strikingly
strongly
stunningly
surprisingly
willingly

Synonyms and antonyms of sweepingly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sweepingly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SWEEPINGLY

Find out the translation of sweepingly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sweepingly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sweepingly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

笼统地
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

arrebatador
570 millions of speakers

English

sweepingly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sweepingly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جارف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стремительно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sweepingly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sweepingly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sweepingly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menyapu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pauschal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

徹底的に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

개괄적으로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sweepingly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sweepingly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sweepingly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उच्छृंखलपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sweepingly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sweepingly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sweepingly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стрімко
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sweepingly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σαρωτικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sweepingly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sweepingly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

feiende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sweepingly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SWEEPINGLY»

The term «sweepingly» is normally little used and occupies the 123.072 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SWEEPINGLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sweepingly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sweepingly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sweepingly

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QUOTES WITH «SWEEPINGLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sweepingly.
1
Colin Farrell
I love the grandiosity, how sweepingly entertaining films can be. And I think there's a place for films that pry more into the human condition.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWEEPINGLY»

Discover the use of sweepingly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sweepingly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Poems and Rhymes Exploring War, Soldiers, Politics, Animals, ...
The poetry within these e-books provides a sensible balance of love and faith while high lighting some of the disadvantages found within addiction that at times help to create the insanity on the faces of many people.
Perry Ritthaler, 2013
2
On Global Justice
The rigor of this right has hitherto been mitigated, in modern states generally, by the practical allowance of free immigration; but if this should ever be sweepingly barred, I conceive that the right of exclusion would be seriously questioned in the  ...
Mathias Risse, 2012
3
Disreputable Pleasures: Less Virtuous Victorians at Play
... their defining characteristics.15 Dennis Brailsford argues, a little sweepingly, that the various Victorian sports had to accommodate themselves to the growing ascendancy of the middle class and 'that complex of high if sometimes hypocritical ...
Mike Huggins, J. A. Mangan, 2004
4
Revision of the Upper Cambrian Faunas of New Jersey
Secondaries stout and prominent, widely but somewhat irregularly spaced, usually alternate, diverging from the midvein at angles of about 60°, the proximal ones sweepingly curved, the distal ones straighter, all camptodrome well within the ...
Benjamin Franklin Howell, 1945
5
What is Negation?
More sweepingly, main negations are both irreducible and sui generis; they do not fall away into positive operations, or anything else outside negation circuits. Less sweepingly, negation itself is a genuine nonexistent, an object not to be ...
Dov M. Gabbay, Heinrich Wansing, 1999
6
Pleasure: A Novel in Stories
They did not know the value of things—he thought sweepingly of the both of them —regarding them in the rear view mirror, now dumb and mute as bridled cows when only a few moments before, as they'd hurtled toward the trestle, they were ...
Eva Marer, 2013
7
Retreat from Reconstruction, 1869-1879
... a sweepingly revisionist' corrective of that view. The value of Lonn's study lies in the details of a complicated political story, but the monograph is weak in interpretation, inadequate in its treatment of Grant's policy, and frequently erroneous in ...
William Gillette, 1982
8
Environmental Ethics
One ends in a totalitarian and antinaturalistic terminus for society: centralized, statist, technocratic, corporate, and sweepingly repressive. The other ends in a libertarian and ecological beginning for society: decentralized, stateless, artistic,  ...
Michael Boylan, 2013
9
Records of Unsuccessful Test Wells Drilled for Oil and Gas ...
The unit generally consists of several thick beds, irregularly bedded or sweepingly crossbedded. Unit E is similar in lithology, sedimentary structures, and stratigraphic position to the Wingate sandstone of Late Triassic age, and is provisionally ...
Helen Marie Beikman, 1958
10
Briefing and Arguing Federal Appeals
Goldstein, 2 Cir., 120 F. 2d 485, at page 490, "it would be a curious result, if a violation of the section were more sweepingly condemned than a violation of the Constitution." The Supreme Court in affirming, Goldstein v. United States, supra ...
Frederick Bernays Wiener, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SWEEPINGLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sweepingly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
An Unfinished Library
In the Book Review, Natalie Angier called it an “intellectually bracing, sweepingly reported, often brilliant and sometimes bullying book” that is “too impressive ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Belizean Paradise Is a Journey Through a Dozen Cultures in Mid-City
Belize is, in many ways, a Caribbean paradise, full of lush interior jungles and sweepingly beautiful coastline. Oh, and the food is delicious too. Which brings us ... «Eater LA, Jul 15»
3
Republicans must disinfect political process by disowning Trump
McCarthy, as chairman of a Senate investigations subcommittee, sweepingly condemned officials in the State Department, the military and other targets as ... «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»
4
Greece Referendum: What The European Papers Say
Here's how the papers in Germany and Greece see the country's 'No' vote against more austerity measures. Taxydromos: Sweepingly 'no' from the Greeks. «Sky News, Jul 15»
5
On the gun registry, the Tories think they can break the laws of physics
This resulting amendment, which retroactively and sweepingly exempts the long-gun registry from any “request, complaint, investigation, application, judicial ... «The Globe and Mail, May 15»
6
Met Gala red carpet: Who was barely covered, who wore a fiery …
Rihanna made the grandest entrance of all, wearing a yellow embroidered and fur-trimmed cape so sweepingly huge, it required several train-handlers to help ... «Los Angeles Times, May 15»
7
Taking On Robert Reich And The Myth Of The 'Non-Working Rich'
Before sweepingly concluding that the “fabulously wealthy” who “have never worked” are “undermining the moral foundations of American capitalism,” Reich ... «Forbes, Apr 15»
8
Outraged about Indiana's HB101? Good, but have you heard about …
... but Indiana's sweeping law enshrining "religious liberty" is actually a blessing. ... the "liberal" media is to blame for the sweepingly and imprecisely stated law ... «Out & About Nashville, Mar 15»
9
Bill Nighy on His Long Relationship With the Play 'Skylight'
His sweepingly long hair, honest grace and self-depreciating charm have made him a sex symbol in his 60s. Asking him about it makes him squirm a little. «New York Times, Mar 15»
10
The Myth of Asia: Now Perpetrated By Asians Themselves
For a long time, it was Westerners who engaged in using this term sweepingly and ended up creating often grotesque or pseudo-mysterious (e.g. “the Asian ... «The Globalist, Jan 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Sweepingly [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sweepingly>. May 2024 ».
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