Sweepingly

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sweeping \Sweep"ing\, a.
     Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or
     litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force;
     carrying everything before it; including in its scope many
     persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority;
     a sweeping accusation. -- {Sweep"ing*ly}, adv.


     -{Sweep"ing*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sweepingly
       adv : in a sweeping manner; "he sweepingly condemned the entire
             population of the country for the war crimes"