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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "for the most part",
"word": "in generale"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "for the most part",
"word": "mayormente"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "v goljam maštab",
"sense": "on a large scale",
"word": "в голям мащаб"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "on a large scale",
"word": "runsaasti"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "on a large scale",
"word": "bőven"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "on a large scale",
"word": "bőségesen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "on a large scale",
"word": "ampiamente"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obílʹno",
"sense": "on a large scale",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "оби́льно"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "napǎlno",
"sense": "''(obsolete in English)'' fully, at great length",
"word": "напълно"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎvsem",
"sense": "''(obsolete in English)'' fully, at great length",
"word": "съвсем"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "''(obsolete in English)'' fully, at great length",
"word": "laajasti"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "''(obsolete in English)'' fully, at great length",
"word": "pienamente"
}
],
"word": "largely"
}
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