widely

wide  (wd)

adj. wid·er, wid·est

1.

a. Having a specified extent from side to side: a ribbon two inches wide.

b. Extending over a great distance from side to side; broad: a wide road; a wide necktie.

2. Having great extent or range; including much or many: a wide selection; granting wide powers; wide variations.

3. Fully open or extended: look with wide eyes.

4.

a. To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal: a shot that was wide of the target.

b. Baseball Outside.

c. Sports Being near one of the side boundaries of a playing area, such as a sideline on a football field.

5. Deviating or straying from something expected or specified: a remark that was wide of the truth.

6. Linguistics Lax.

adv. wider, widest

1. Over a great distance; extensively: traveled far and wide.

2. To the full extent; completely.

3. To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal.

4. Sports Toward or near one of the sides of a playing area: ran wide to catch a pass.

n. Sports

A ball bowled outside of the batsman's reach, counting as a run for the batting team in cricket.

---

[Middle English, from Old English wd; see wi- in Indo-European roots.]

---

widely adv.

wideness n.

widish adj.

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	widely - to a great degree; "her work is widely known"
	2.	widely - to or over a great extent or range; far; "wandered wide through many lands"; "he traveled widely" wide
	3.	widely - so as to leave much space or distance between; "widely separated"

Translations

widely [ˈwaɪdlɪ] ADV

1. (= over wide area, far apart) debris from the blast was scattered widely → los restos de la explosión quedaron esparcidos por una amplia zona
the trees were widely spaced → los árboles estaban muy separados los unos de los otros

2. (= extensively) [travel] → mucho
to be widely available → poder conseguirse con facilidad
it is widely believed that → mucha gente cree que ...
the cabinet reshuffle had been widely expected → la remodelación del gabinete ministerial había sido esperada por muchos
a widely held belief → una creencia generalizada
to be widely read [reader] → tener una amplia cultura, haber leído mucho; [author] → contar con un gran número de lectores
his books are widely read → sus libros cuentan con un gran número de lectores, sus libros se leen mucho
it is widely regarded as → es considerado por la mayoría como ...
to be widely travelled → haber viajado mucho
to be widely used → ser de uso extendido or generalizado

3. (= greatly) [vary, differ] → mucho

4. (= broadly) [smile] → abiertamente

widely [ˈwaɪdli] adv

[different] → radicalement; [vary] → largement
children from widely different backgrounds → des enfants de milieux radicalement différents

[spaced, separated] → largement
widely separated fence-posts → des piquets de clôture largement séparés

(= commonly) [believed, thought] → généralement; [approved, accepted] → largement; [known] → connu(e) de tous ou presque
it is widely believed that, it is widely thought that → on s'accorde généralement à dire que

[travel] → énormément
Over the next twelve years, he travelled widely → Pendant les douze années qui suivirent, il voyagea énormément.

[published] → largement
to be widely read [author] → être beaucoup lu(e); [reader] → avoir beaucoup lu

widely

adv → weit; (= by or to many people) → weit und breit, überall, allgemein; (= greatly) vary → stark; differing → völlig; (= extensively) available → fast überall; his remarks were widely publicized → seine Bemerkungen fanden weite Verbreitung; the opinion is widely held … → es herrscht in weiten Kreisen die Ansicht …; it is not widely understood why … → es wird nicht überall or von allen verstanden, warum …; he became widely known as … → er wurde überall or in weiten Kreisen bekannt als …; a widely read student → ein sehr belesener Student

widely [ˈwaɪdlɪ] adv (distributed, scattered) → ampiamente, largamente; (read) → molto; (travel) → in lungo e in largo; (differing) → molto, profondamente; (popularly, by many people) → generalmente
to be widely read (author) → essere molto letto/a (reader) → essere molto colto/a
it is widely believed that → è una credenza diffusa che
widely-held opinions → opinioni molto diffuse
to be widely spaced (houses, trees) → essere molto distanziati/e