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UK
/wˈaɪdli/
]
[ US /ˈwaɪdɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈwaɪdɫi/ ]
ADVERB
-
to or over a great extent or range; far
he traveled widely
wandered wide through many lands -
to a great degree
her work is widely known -
so as to leave much space or distance between
widely separated
How To Use widely In A Sentence
- There is already a great deal of precedent since polygamy has been widely practiced throughout history.
- Symbian's rivals have been tagging the company as Nokia's poodle for a couple of years now, and the deal is being widely seen as confirmation.
- Large "fandoms" erupt around popular anime series, widely read books like Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, and cult movies like The Matrix.
- Thus, developing a vaccine directed against one or a few capsular polysaccharides may not be widely effective.
- In 11 volumes published between 1888 and 1894, and many years later widely published in a condensed edition, the narrator's adventures in the London demimonde are narrated in such detail as ultimately to become tiresome rather than titillating. Deborah Lutz's "Pleasure Bound," on Victorian sex rebels
- Estimates of the amount of money saved by the taxpayer over the five-year period vary widely.
- The poll was widely discredited after allegations of ballot rigging.
- The portrait, reputed to be the most widely reproduced photograph in the world, has come to symbolize not just the ideals of the Cuban revolution but of revolution in general.
- He travelled widely in pursuit of his ornithological passion, making many new discoveries. SPIX'S MACAW: THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD'S RAREST BIRD
- Tessa Morris-Suzuku of Australian National University perhaps the most widely known Australian historian of Japan presented a paper on colonial Karafuto, one of many topics she is currently researching. 2007: Japan Top Ten Year in Review
