Definition of Broadness

1. Noun. The property of being wide; having great width.

Exact synonyms: Wideness
Generic synonyms: Breadth, Width
Specialized synonyms: Heaviness, Thickness
Derivative terms: Broad, Broad, Wide
Antonyms: Narrowness

Definition of Broadness

1. n. The condition or quality of being broad; breadth; coarseness; grossness.

Definition of Broadness

1. Noun. The characteristic of being broad. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Broadness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Broadness

broadheads
broadish
broadleaf
broadleafs
broadleaved
broadleaves
broadloom
broadlooms
broadly
broadly speaking
broadminded
broadmindedly
broadmindedness
broadmouth
broadmouths
broadness (current term)
broadnesses
broadnosed
broadpiece
broadpieces
broads
broadscale
broadseal
broadsealed
broadsealing
broadseam
broadseams
broadsheet
broadsheets
broadside

Literary usage of Broadness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Painting, Sculpture and Architecture as Representative Arts; an Essay in by George Lansing Raymond (1895)
"... the Subject to Physical Facts—Meaning of Roundness or broadness, Sharpness or Narrowness, and Length—Indicative Respectively of the Vital, the Mental, ..."

2. Writings of Rev. William Bradford Homer: Late Pastor of the Congregational by William Bradford Homer, Edwards Amasa Park (1842)
"... THE EXTENT AND broadness OF THE DIVINE LAW. 1 HAVE SEEN AN END OF ALL PERFECTION : BUT THY COMMANDMENT is EXCEEDING BROAD.—Psalm 110: 'JG. ..."

3. An English and Welsh Dictionary: Wherein, Not Only the Words, But Also, the by John Walters (1828)
"broadness, of pronunciation, s. Llydan-hli ate the broadness of his meaning, 1 guild ». ... broadness, [liberty ; licentiousness] ..."

4. The Logic of Science: A Translation of the Posterior Analytics of Aristotle by Aristotle (1850)
"Let A be the fall of the leaves, B broadness of the leaves, C the vine. ... Again, the broadness of the vine-leaves is deducible from their annual fall. ..."

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