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.

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

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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 [differing] → muy;

it is widely believed that ... → existe la creencia generalizada de que ...;

to be widely read [author] → ser muy leído; [reader] → haber leído mucho

widely [ˈwaɪdlɪ] wide adv [different] → radicalement; [spaced] → sur une grande étendue; [believed] → généralement; [travel] → beaucoup;

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

widely [ˈwaɪdlɪ] wide adv [differ, vary] → erheblich; [travel] → ausgiebig, viel; [spaced] → weit; [believed, known] → allgemein;

to be widely read wide [reader] → sehr belesen sein

widely [ˈwaɪdlɪ] adv [different] → molto, completamente; [believed] → generalmente;

widely spaced → molto distanziati/e;

to be widely read [author] → essere molto letto; [reader] → essere molto colto