broadly
PronouncedBRAWD-lee
adverbIn a general way without small details or exact facts.
adverbIn a way that covers a lot of different things or ideas.
Syllables
2 syllables
Letters
Phonics breakdown
Phonics Rule: BR Blend
Sound“br”·/br/
B and R blend together — you hear both sounds! Like in 'brown' and 'bring'.
The blend BR combines /b/ and /r/ spoken quickly together.
Examples
Phonics Rule: OA says “aw” (broad)
Sound“aw”·/ɔː/
In the word broad and its family, OA says “aw” instead of the long O — broad rhymes with sawed, not with road.
OA almost always says long O: boat, coat, road, soap, goal. The word broad is the exception, along with abroad, broadly, broader and broadest. Say broad and road one after the other and you can hear it — the spelling is the same but the vowel is not.
Tip
Broad sounds like sawed, not like road!
Examples
Phonics Rule: Letter D
Sound“d”·/d/
The letter D makes the /d/ sound, like in 'dog', 'day', and 'dig'. The tongue tip touches behind the upper teeth.
D is a voiced alveolar stop. The tongue tip touches the ridge just behind the upper front teeth, then releases with voice. It reliably makes the /d/ sound in almost all positions.
Tip
D is for dog — and dog starts with /d/!
Examples
Phonics Rule: Suffix -LY
Sound“lee”·/li/
Adding -LY to a word usually makes it describe HOW something is done, like 'slowly' and 'quickly'.
The suffix -ly usually turns an adjective into an adverb. 'Slow' → 'slowly' means 'in a slow way'.
Examples
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