Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Widely; extensively.
  • Copiously; amply; fully; prolixly.
  • In entomology, thinly and irregularly: as, a surface diffusely punctured.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a diffuse manner.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a diffuse manner.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in a diffuse manner

Etymologies

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diffuse +‎ -ly

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