1 by a lot of people; in or to many places:
a widely held belief * The idea is now widely accepted. * He has travelled widely in Asia. * Her books are widely read (= a lot of people read them). * He's an educated, widely-read man (= he has read a lot of books). * The term is widely used in everyday speech.
2 to a large degree; a lot:
Standards vary widely.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for widely is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is widely a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, widely is tagged as adverb.
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