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widely(dictionary)

widely (iou)



widely adverb. L16.
[from WIDE adjective + -LY2.]
Over or through a wide area; in or to various places. L16.
E. Waugh A man of many interests..well read, widely travelled.
With, at, or by a wide interval or intervals (of space or time); far apart. L16.
Dickens Widely staring eyes.
Over a wide range; in relation to many or various things, subjects, cases, etc.; extensively. L17.
C. P. Snow I began to read widely outside science. O. Manning Nowadays we do not use the word so widely.
To a large extent, considerably; esp. so as to be far apart in nature, character, etc. Formerly also, so as to be wide of the mark. L17.
M. Edgeworth Negligence and inhumanity are widely different.