Definitions for WIDELY
ˈwaɪd liwide·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. widelyadverb

   to a great degree

   "her work is widely known"

2. wide, widelyadverb

   to or over a great extent or range; far

   "wandered wide through many lands"; "he traveled widely"

3. widelyadverb

   so as to leave much space or distance between

   "widely separated"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.7 / 3 votes

1. widelyadverb

   commonly; generally; to a great degree

2. widelyadverb

   separated by a large distance

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Widelyadverb

   Etymology: from wide.

   1. With great extent each way.

   Any that considers how immense the intervals of the chaos are, in proportion to the bulk of the atoms, will hardly induce himself to believe, that particles so widely disseminated could ever throng one another to a compact texture. Richard Bentley.

   2. Remotely; far.

   Let him exercise the freedom of his reason, and his mind will be strengthned, and the light which the remote parts of truth will give to one another, will so assist his judgment, that he will seldom be widely out. John Locke.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. widely

   Widely refers to something that is spread out or extended over a large physical area, occurs or is recognized in many places, is used with a lot of variation or diversity, or is extensively or broadly applied or distributed. It can relate to different perspectives such as geographical area, frequency or range of use, extent of effect or influence, or scope of knowledge or opinion.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Widelyadverb

   in a wide manner; to a wide degree or extent; far; extensively; as, the gospel was widely disseminated by the apostles

2. Widelyadverb

   very much; to a great degree or extent; as, to differ widely in opinion

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'WIDELY' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1792

2. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'WIDELY' in Adverbs Frequency: #160

Anagrams for WIDELY »

1. dewily

2. wieldy

How to pronounce WIDELY?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of WIDELY in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of WIDELY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of WIDELY in a Sentence

1. Karen Dunn:

   Huma Abedin is widely known as one of the hardest working and most dedicated public servants over the nearly two decades she served. The IG's report is fundamentally flawed, including contradicting its own conclusion by proving that Huma worked hard even while on maternity leave, no hardworking, dedicated public servant should be subjected to irresponsible allegations based on a fundamentally flawed report and the State Department has undertaken a review of the report. Huma has been nothing but cooperative in helping the Department work through its record keeping issues, and she will continue to do so in the hope the right thing is done.

2. Chen Zhanheng:

   These activities are still under the protective umbrella of local governments and in the past it wasn't easy to crack down on them. Many of the mines are small-scale and widely dispersed.

3. Larry Flint, on the evidence against Pres Bill Clinton:

   (Kenneth) Star...(has) done what I could not do in a quarter century: make pornography more widely available.

4. Bjarne Schieldrop at SEB Markets:

   The Sunni – Shiite divide has now become much deeper with possibly more intense proxy wars in Yemen and Syria. The risk picture in the Middle East has clearly inched higher, while we still expect the sanctions to be lifted, the latest events have definitely created some last minute risk that things may not move in the direction widely expected. If the sanctions are not lifted as planned it would clearly reduce the projected crude oil surplus for 2016.

5. Alfonso Aguilar:

   There are other words, you know, like the N-word that was widely used before and people stopped using that, people realize how offensive those words are.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=WIDELY
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Widely
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=WIDELY
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/WIDELY