Widely
['waɪdlɪ] or ['waɪdli]
Definition
(adv.) to a great degree; 'her work is widely known'.
(adv.) so as to leave much space or distance between; 'widely separated'.
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Definition
(adv.) In a wide manner; to a wide degree or extent; far; extensively; as, the gospel was widely disseminated by the apostles.
(adv.) Very much; to a great degree or extent; as, to differ widely in opinion.
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Examples
- But the cases are widely different. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- In many points of detail the vassal's services differed widely in different parts of the feudal world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They also bear abundant evidence of the compatibility of these two widely divergent gifts existing, even to a high degree, in the same person. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Our course was south, and we took all roads leading in that direction which would not separate the army too widely. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Documents of various kinds, including gospels and apostolic epistles, circulated widely. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Let (A) be a common, widely-diffused, and varying species, belonging to a genus large in its own country. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Acetylene is seldom used in large cities, but it is very widely used in small communities and is particularly convenient in more or less remote summer residences. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The self-raising flour, so widely advertised by grocers, is flour in which these ingredients or their equivalent have been mixed by the manufacturer. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This was distributed widely over the country, the greatest producers, after Pennsylvania, being Illinois, West Virginia, Ohio, Alabama and Colorado. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They were neither so abundant nor so civilized as the still more widely diffused Greeks, but they had a tradition of greater solidarity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Burnside's position now separated him widely from Wright's corps, the corps nearest to him. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Her finely touched spirit had still its fine issues, though they were not widely visible. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Just at this time, Pierre Abelard, who had already made himself widely famous as a rhetorician, came to found a school of rhetoric in Paris. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- His chief work was the making known widely of the beneficial effects of ammonia and ammoniacal compounds on vegetation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Widely different was the effect of a second perusal. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- And what creature departs more widely, not only from right reason, but from his own character and disposition? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The Gatling soon made its way widely, and its rapidity of fire became a proverb. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There were a number of such alphabets in the Mediterranean differing widely from each other. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Recently, however, that has been widely replaced by use of a Bunsen flame upon an incandescent mantle, such as the Welsbach. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Nay, he made this foil of his so very widely known, that third parties took it up, and handled it on some occasions with considerable briskness. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- They may metaphorically be called cousins to the same millionth degree, yet they differ widely and in different degrees from each other. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Its standards are in the past; for the aim is to preserve what has been gained rather than widely to extend the range of culture. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The new species, moreover, will be allied to each other in a widely different manner. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- From the standpoint of science, this material is accidental, while the features which are widely shared are essential. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- She studied every sentence; and her feelings towards its writer were at times widely different. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- But they are also, in widely different ways, rather nervous and sensitive; and you would only fidget one and alarm the other to no purpose. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- There are many forms of pumps, and they serve widely different purposes, being essential to the operation of many industrial undertakings. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The early historians Hecat?us and Herodotus travelled widely. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We have, also, seen that the species, which are the commonest and most widely-diffused, vary more than do the rare and restricted species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Although oxygen constitutes only one fifth of the atmosphere, it is one of the most abundant and widely scattered of all substances. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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