widely

adverb
wide·ly
/ˈwaɪdli/

In a wide manner; across a wide area.

Example

“I'm widely travelled.”

Other meanings

Commonly; generally; to a great degree.

Example sentences

“The insurgency was widely condemned in state-controlled mass media outlets.”
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Word history

From Middle English "wijdly".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “widely” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.