She smiled broadly as she saw her friend.

Meaning: This sentence means that she formed a wide and pleasant expression with her mouth and eyes when she saw the person who is liked and trusted by her.

Choice of Words: Smiled is the past tense of the verb smile, which means to form a pleasant expression with the mouth and eyes. Broadly means in a wide or extensive way. Friend is a person who is liked and trusted by another person. When you put them together, She smiled broadly as she saw her friend means that she formed a wide and pleasant expression with her mouth and eyes when she saw the person who is liked and trusted by her.

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• The girl smiled broadly as she received her gift.
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