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ex·ten·sive·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
extensivelyadverb
in a widespread way
"oxidation ponds are extensively used for sewage treatment in the Midwest"
Wiktionary
extensivelyadverb
In an extensive manner, widely.
He has read and traveled extensively.
extensivelyadverb
To a great extent.
He became more extensively involved than he intended.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Extensivelyadverb
Widely; largely.
Etymology: from extensive.
’Tis impossible for any to pass a right judgment concerning them, without entering into most of these circumstances, and surveying them extensively, and comparing and balancing them all aright. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind.
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extensively
Extensively generally means in a way that covers or affects a large area or to a great degree; broadly, thoroughly or widely. It can be used in the context of conducting a detailed or comprehensive study, research, investigation, or even using or doing something widely or broadly for some purpose.
Webster Dictionary
Extensivelyadverb
to a great extent; widely; largely; as, a story is extensively circulated
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of extensively in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of extensively in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of extensively in a Sentence
Oil and rapeseed meal of transgenic rapeseed have been consumed very extensively from 1996 onwards (outside India), if in spite of all this the material (GM mustard) is not released - that means we have fallen prey to whims and fancies of extreme ideologues.
They talked extensively about whether we should give a random member of the flight crew... an ability to enter the cockpit, but then they decided that that was just from a security standpoint you couldn't guarantee that outsiders wouldn't learn that.
It's extensively used, you only need to google industrial uses of chlorine, it's extensively used industrially.
This could be another form of hybrid sukuk, for instance ijara and wakala, istisna has not been used extensively but it is something that could also be explored.
Loch Ness is not as big as the Himalayas, it is a finite body of water. It has been extensively scanned by sonar. It's been observed for decades. There's just really no possibility that there's a plesiosaur in Loch Ness, or even anything of comparable size.
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- على نطاق واسعArabic
- extensamentCatalan, Valencian
- umfassendGerman
- extensamente, extensivamenteSpanish
- گستردهPersian
- laajastiFinnish
- largementFrench
- san fharsaingeachdScottish Gaelic
- बड़े पैमाने परHindi
- alaposanHungarian
- լայնորեն, ընդարձակորեն, մեծապեսArmenian
- estensivamenteItalian
- 広範囲に, 範囲Japanese
- ವ್ಯಾಪಕವಾಗಿKannada
- 널리Korean
- uitvoerig, uitgebreidDutch
- muitoPortuguese
- обширноRussian
- yaygın olarakTurkish
- rộng rãiVietnamese
- 廣泛Chinese
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