Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In or to a wide degree or extent; extensively; far and wide: as, a man who is widely known.
- Very much; very; greatly; extremely: as, two widely different accounts of an affair.
- So as to leave a wide space: at a distance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a wide manner; to a wide degree or extent; far; extensively.
- adverb Very much; to a great degree or extent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb
commonly ;generally ; to a great degree - adverb separated by a large distance
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb so as to leave much space or distance between
- adverb to a great degree
- adverb to or over a great extent or range; far
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Examples
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Power brokers - a term widely used in Afghanistan - refer to Afghans who leverage their political and business connections to advance their own interests.
U.S. Military Loses $360 Million To Afghanistan Insurgents, Criminals 2011
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Suggesting that he neither expects, nor wants, unchecked sway over the city council, Mr. Emanuel said it "can't be a rubber stamp"—a term widely associated with the Daley style of governance.
Emanuel Vows Break With Past in Chicago Kevin Helliker 2011
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Power brokers - a term widely used in Afghanistan - refers to Afghans who leverage their political and business connections to advance their own interests.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Power brokers - a term widely used in Afghanistan - refer to Afghans who leverage their political and business connections to advance their own interests.
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Power brokers - a term widely used in Afghanistan - refers to Afghans who leverage their political and business connections to advance their own interests.
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Power brokers - a term widely used in Afghanistan - refer to Afghans who leverage their political and business connections to advance their own interests.
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Power brokers - a term widely used in Afghanistan - refer to Afghans who leverage their political and business connections to advance their own interests.
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But neither in France nor in England was the term widely used in the nineteenth century.
CLASSICISM IN LITERATURE REN 1968
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We have no fear expressing this, said Khamenei, using the phrase widely used by Iran's leader to describe Israel.
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"A national survey of history and geography teachers showed that only 15 percent of them had problems teaching about the Shoah," Singer said, using the Hebrew word widely used in French for the Nazi massacre of six million Jews.
takchess commented on the word widely
widely read, widely accepted ,widely appreciated,
February 19, 2012