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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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. Turkish Economy Minister Mustafa Elitas:

   There's huge appetite for Turkish business. It's a neighboring country where Turkish is widely spoken, with a similar culture. It's very easy to engage with Iranian business.

2. Judith Prochaska:

   In areas of the( country) where the smoking prevalence is higher and/or smoking is less restricted in the workforce, the differences may not be as striking, across the U.S., however, the trend has been toward declining smoking rates and greater adoption of workplace smoke-free laws, so these findings are likely to be more widely relevant over time.

3. Aida Manduley:

   A huge reason reactions vary so widely among survivors is because trauma itself interacts with our biologies, histories and social contexts to create a variety of reactions, also, not all survivors of violence are at the same stage of healing or even processing what happened to them.

4. Douglas Adams:

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

5. Steven Frucht:

   When you look at the areas of the brain that are inappropriately activating, they're not just one region, this is actually a widely distributed motor network disorder. It's not like there's a lesion in a three-millimeter location, and we could just take care of that.

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