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1. Having wide-ranging influence or effect: sweeping changes.
2. Moving in or as if in a wide curve: a sweeping gesture; a sweeping glance.
3. Indiscriminate; wholesale: sweeping generalizations.
4. Overwhelming; complete: a sweeping victory.
1. The action of one that sweeps.
2. sweepings Things swept up; refuse.

sweep′ing·ly adv.
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Adv.1.sweepingly - in a sweeping manner; "he sweepingly condemned the entire population of the country for the war crimes"


adv gestureschwungvoll; speakverallgemeinernd; condemnin Bausch und Bogen
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These new circulars sweepingly abandoned the previous interpretation, and held that the dues and fees are subject to tax.
The maximum penalty is life in prison, while under Section 12, 'serious indecency' is sweepingly defined as any act 'involving the use of the genital organs for the purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire'.
The proposed legislation on 'false content' is sweepingly broad and threatens internet freedom and free exchange of ideas, New York-based watchdog Human Rights Watch said Friday as it urged Philippine lawmakers to reject the proposal.
In July 2016, the Philippines sealed a historic win against China before the United Nations-backed arbitral tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, which invalidated Beijing's nine-dash line that sweepingly claims almost the entire South China Sea.
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This takeover of the social order by a sweepingly appealing re-interpretation of Confucianism ?
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Her recent debut single, Sanctuary, is a wonderful demonstration of White's more expansive sound, a beautifully emotive rock ballad which finds that perfect sweet spot between sweepingly anthemic and intimate confessional.