'Sweepingness' definitions:

Definition of 'Sweepingness'

From: 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]