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Largely

//ˈlɑɹd͡ʒ.li// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a widespread or large manner.

    "She smiled at Aristide, who smiled at her, and Jean, seeing them happy, smiled largely at them both."

  2. 2
    For the most part; mainly or chiefly.

    "They were largely successful in their efforts."

  3. 3
    On a large scale; amply.

    "Usually there was a jug of one or other decoction standing on the hob, from which he drank largely. "Grand!" he said, smacking his lips after wormwood. "Grand!" And he exhorted the children to try."

  4. 4
    Fully, at great length. obsolete

    "It ill beseemes a knight of gentle sort, / Such as ye haue him boasted, to beguile / A simple mayd, and worke so haynous tort, / In shame of knighthood, as I largely can report."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in large part; mainly or chiefly wordnet
  2. 2
    on a large scale wordnet

Etymology

From large + -ly.

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