Definitions for widely
ˈwaɪd liwide·ly

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. widely(adverb)

   to a great degree

   "her work is widely known"

2. wide, widely(adverb)

   to or over a great extent or range; far

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

3. widely(adverb)

   so as to leave much space or distance between

   "widely separated"

Wiktionary(2.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. widely(Adverb)

   commonly; generally; to a great degree

2. widely(Adverb)

   separated by a large distance

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Widely(adverb)

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

2. Widely(adverb)

   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, wieldy

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   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

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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. Jeffrey Thomas:

   It's an outstanding aeroplane, the 737 is the most widely used aeroplane in the world -- there's over 7,000 of them flying at the moment... it's the workhorse of the world.

2. Douglas Noel Adams:

   In the beginning, the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry, and has been widely regarded as a bad idea.

3. App Association:

   Allowing Qualcomm to continue abusing its (patents) and its wireless chipset monopoly any longer will irreparably harm opportunities for small businesses in the app and internet of things marketplace and would encourage further abusive behavior in (patent) licensing widely.

4. Jeremy Tillman:

   At first blush, individuals may find it reassuring that their data is being collected and processed by faceless corporations rather than their neighbor next door, however, there are two caveats to this logic, he added. First, while your neighbor may not be personally collecting your data, he may very well be the data analyst working at the company that does. In other words, there are distinct individuals within each company whose entire job is to analyze, evaluate, and interact with user data. Ten or more trackers that collect personal data were found on 21.3 percent of the sites covered by the study. CUNNING MALWARE SPREADS, GOES AFTER YOUR BANK ACCOUNT Google Analytics and Facebook Connect are some of the most prominent trackers, according to Ghostery. Google Analytics is in the top ten of the most widely used trackers based on the various services the Internet giant uses, including Google Analytics and Google Analytics Adsense. Facebook Connect is next with three. Google Analytics was found on almost half of all loaded pages at 46.4 percent, while Facebook Connect was on more than a fifth, coming in at 21.9 percent. Other companies that showed include comScore and Twitter. And Google Analytics’s not easy keeping tabs on these trackers since many are n’t installed by the website owner, according to Jeremy Tillman.

5. Douglas Adams:

   In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

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