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Definitions for widely
ˈwaɪd liwide·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  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"

Wiktionary

  1. widelyadverb

    commonly; generally; to a great degree

  2. widelyadverb

    separated by a large distance

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Widelyadverb

    Etymology: from wide.

    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.

    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.

ChatGPT

  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 Dictionary

  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

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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. 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.

  2. Richard Bleicher:

    I suspect that the biggest improvement will be for things outside of X-rays, laboratory studies, and physical examinations, issues such as sexual health, cognitive impairment, fatigue and other personal issues and symptoms are probably addressed in a widely varied and inconsistent fashion, if at all, in many practices.

  3. Ahmedin Jemal:

    Another factor is probably the Angelina Jolie effect. She was diagnosed with the BRCA-1 cancer gene that mutation that causes breast cancer, and she had a double mastectomy, so that was covered widely in the media.

  4. Miali Coley-Sudlovenick:

    It's an incredibly rich language that allows us to truly understand our land, who we are, how we treat and connect with our community, many people want to learn Inuktitut but don't have the access or the supports in place. All I want to do is to make Inuktitut a little more accessible, especially to Inuit who want to learn and anyone else who's interested. I hope my work also inspires others to make Indigenous languages more widely available.

  5. Mike Ryan:

    We will be engaging in discussions with Gilead and the U.S. government as to how this drug may be made more widely available as further data emerges on its effectiveness.

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