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Grammar : Adj, adv
Spell : wahyd-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwaɪd li



Definition of widely

Origin :
  • 1660s, from wide + -ly (2).
  • adj broadly
  • adv extensively
Example sentences :
  • It then created a great sensation, and has since been widely discussed.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • These properties of amber and lodestone appear to have been widely known.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • Such things are much too common to be widely known or cared for.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • How widely different the nature and pretensions of thy worshippers!
  • Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
  • They are widely divergent, directly opposed to each other, as a matter of fact.
  • Extract from : « Priestess of the Flame » by Sewell Peaslee Wright
  • This book is very celebrated and is widely studied in the Roman Church.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • She had her regular customers, and her little piles and bundles were widely known.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • These plants are widely distributed and usually rather abundant.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • The plant is widely distributed but abundant nowhere in our state.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • It is widely diffused and can be found at any time of the year.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard

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