手広く|てびろくtebiroku[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. adverbwidely; extensively; on an extensive scale
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym広範こうはんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Stresses wide coverage, as in 「広範にわたる」; more formal than 「手広く」.
  • Synonym広くひろくNeutralNeutral. Focuses on range or spread, as in 「広く知られる」; it does not specifically mean running operations across many fields like 「手広く」.
  • Related大規模だいきぼNeutralNeutral. Emphasizes sheer scale, as in 「大規模に展開する」; unlike 「手広く」 it does not suggest involvement in many different fields.
  • Antonym狭くNeutralNeutral antonym: narrowly, with a small range — the opposite of 「手広く」 with its broad scope of operations.
  • Antonym小規模にNeutralNeutral antonym: on a small scale — the opposite of 「手広く」 operating on a large scale.

Use 「手広く」 for doing business or dealings extensively across many fields, as in 「手広く商売をする」「手広く事業を営む」. For general broadness pick 「広く」, and for sheer size 「大規模に」; 「狭く」 and 「小規模に」 are the opposites.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 多おおくの分野ぶんやや範囲はんいに関かかわって、大規模だいきぼに行おこなうさま。
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