"widely" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈwaɪdli/ Audio: en-us-widely.ogg Forms: widelier [comparative], more widely [comparative], wideliest [superlative], most widely [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪdli Etymology: From Middle English wijdly, equivalent to wide + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wijdly}} Middle English wijdly, {{af|en|wide|-ly|id2=adverbial}} wide + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|er|more}} widely (comparative widelier or more widely, superlative wideliest or most widely)
  1. In a wide manner; across a wide area.
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  2. (figurative) Commonly; generally; to a great degree. Tags: figuratively Translations (commonly, generally): шыро́ка (šyróka) (Belarusian), широко (široko) (Bulgarian), široce (Czech), široko (Czech), vaste (Esperanto), laajalti (Finnish), largement (French), généralement (French), fréquemment (French), communément (French), breit (German), comunemente (Italian), generalmente (Italian), diffusamente (Italian), universalmente (Italian), popolarmente (Italian), szeroko (Polish), amplamente (Portuguese), широко́ (širokó) (Russian), san fharsaingeachd (Scottish Gaelic), широко [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), široko [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), široko (Slovak), široko (Slovene), comúnmente (Spanish), generalmente (Spanish), frecuentemente (Spanish), allmänt (Swedish), విస్తృతంగా (vistr̥taṅgā) (Telugu), ши́роко (šýroko) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-widely-en-adv-x9o-oxco Disambiguation of 'commonly, generally': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: extensively, far and wide, spreadly, widely Translations (separated by a large distance): далёка (daljóka) (Belarusian), дале́ч (daléč) (Bulgarian), дале́че (daléče) (Bulgarian), daleko (Czech), suuresti (Finnish), largement (French), grandement (French), entfernt (German), distantemente (Italian), estesamente (Italian), далеку (daleku) (Macedonian), daleko (Polish), distantemente (Portuguese), далеко́ (dalekó) (Russian), далеко [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), daleko [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ďaleko (Slovak), daleč (Slovene), extensamente (Spanish), ampliamente (Spanish), vitt (Swedish), дале́ко (daléko) (Ukrainian)
Hyponyms: around the world, citywide, countrywide, districtwide, globally, internationally, islandwide, planetwide, nationwide, regionwide, sitewide, worldwide Disambiguation of 'separated by a large distance': 0 0

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 75:",
          "text": "In 1866 Colonel J. F. Meline noted that the rebozo had almost disappeared in Santa Fe and that hoop skirts, on sale in the stores, were being widely used.",
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          "ref": "2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "Kim Jong-il, who has died aged 69, was the general secretary of the Workers party of Korea, and head of the military in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). He was one of the most reclusive and widely condemned national leaders of the late 20th and early 21st century, leaving his country diplomatically isolated, economically broken and divided from South Korea.",
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          "ref": "2014 October 14, David Malcolm, “The Great War Re-Remembered: Allohistory and Allohistorical Fiction”, in Martin Löschnigg, Marzena Sokolowska-Paryz, editors, The Great War in Post-Memory Literature and Film, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG., →ISBN, page 173:",
          "text": "Demandt discusses a German example, Ferdinand Grautoff's 1906. Der Zusammenbuch der Alten Welt (1905) (cf. Es hätte auch... 195-196). Thus, a war widely predicted in fiction is only exiguously remembered in post factum allohistorical narratives.",
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        "(figurative) Commonly; generally; to a great degree."
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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Slovene translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Telugu translations",
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          "ref": "1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 75:",
          "text": "In 1866 Colonel J. F. Meline noted that the rebozo had almost disappeared in Santa Fe and that hoop skirts, on sale in the stores, were being widely used.",
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          "ref": "2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "Kim Jong-il, who has died aged 69, was the general secretary of the Workers party of Korea, and head of the military in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). He was one of the most reclusive and widely condemned national leaders of the late 20th and early 21st century, leaving his country diplomatically isolated, economically broken and divided from South Korea.",
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        {
          "ref": "2014 October 14, David Malcolm, “The Great War Re-Remembered: Allohistory and Allohistorical Fiction”, in Martin Löschnigg, Marzena Sokolowska-Paryz, editors, The Great War in Post-Memory Literature and Film, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG., →ISBN, page 173:",
          "text": "Demandt discusses a German example, Ferdinand Grautoff's 1906. Der Zusammenbuch der Alten Welt (1905) (cf. Es hätte auch... 195-196). Thus, a war widely predicted in fiction is only exiguously remembered in post factum allohistorical narratives.",
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      "word": "far and wide"
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      "sense": "commonly, generally",
      "word": "шыро́ка"
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      "sense": "commonly, generally",
      "word": "широко"
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      "sense": "commonly, generally",
      "word": "široce"
    },
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      "sense": "commonly, generally",
      "word": "široko"
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      "word": "laajalti"
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      "word": "largement"
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      "word": "breit"
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      "sense": "commonly, generally",
      "word": "comunemente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "commonly, generally",
      "word": "generalmente"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "commonly, generally",
      "word": "szeroko"
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      "sense": "commonly, generally",
      "word": "amplamente"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "word": "generalmente"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "commonly, generally",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "commonly, generally",
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      "code": "te",
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      "roman": "vistr̥taṅgā",
      "sense": "commonly, generally",
      "word": "విస్తృతంగా"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "separated by a large distance",
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      "roman": "daléč",
      "sense": "separated by a large distance",
      "word": "дале́ч"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "daléče",
      "sense": "separated by a large distance",
      "word": "дале́че"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "separated by a large distance",
      "word": "daleko"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "separated by a large distance",
      "word": "suuresti"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "separated by a large distance",
      "word": "largement"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "separated by a large distance",
      "word": "grandement"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "separated by a large distance",
      "word": "entfernt"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "separated by a large distance",
      "word": "distantemente"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "separated by a large distance",
      "word": "estesamente"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
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    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "separated by a large distance",
      "word": "daleko"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "separated by a large distance",
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "separated by a large distance",
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "separated by a large distance",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "separated by a large distance",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "word": "ampliamente"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "separated by a large distance",
      "word": "vitt"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "daléko",
      "sense": "separated by a large distance",
      "word": "дале́ко"
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}

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