Widely

Quick meaning: Widely is an adverb meaning In a wide manner; across a wide area.

Meaning

In a wide manner; across a wide area.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) Commonly; generally; to a great degree.

Example Sentences

I'm widely travelled.

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.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• widelier
• wideliest

Synonyms for widely

Depending on context, synonyms include extensively, spreadly, wide.

Antonyms for widely

Common opposites include narrowly.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wide, broad, extensive, broadly, extensively, widespread.

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