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largely, adv.|ˈlɑːdʒlɪ|
Also 3–4 largeliche, 4–6 largly, -lie, 5 largele, 6 Sc. lairglie.
[f. large a. + -ly2.]
In a large manner.
1. Liberally, generously, bountifully. Now arch. and with mixture of sense 2.
c1230Hali Meid. 29 Þat he nule gladluche ifinde þe large⁓liche al þat te biheoued. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 7869 He ȝef..To abbeys and to priories largeliche of is golde. a1300Cursor M. 27873 He may..largely do almus dede. c1491Chast. Goddes Chyld. viii. 22 Some tyme they wyll yeue largely. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 258 Take with you Gold and Silver..and depart largely thereof unto your men of warre. 1583Golding Calvin on Deut. lxix. 421 Wee haue gods grace much largelier towardes vs. 1827Keble Chr. Y. Sund. after Ascension, Largely Thou givest, gracious Lord, Largely Thy gifts should be restor'd. 1879Browning Pheidippides 48 Too rash Love in its choice, paid you so largely service so slack!
2. Copiously, abundantly; in a large measure; to a great extent; extensively, greatly, considerably, much.
a1225Ancr. R. 112 So largeliche ant so swuðe vleau þet ilke blodi swot of his blisfule bodie. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. iii. 138 For thorw lesynges ȝe lacchen largeliche mede. 1469Plumpton Corr. (Camden) 23 For and it go to matter in law, it will cost mony largely. c1470Henry Wallace xi. 879 He..Send to the Erll, and thankit him largele. 1529More Dyaloge i. Wks. 139/2 What so euer fashion of worshipping of Latria be, the same is as largely done to saintes and ymages as to god. 1580Sidney Ps. xviii. vi, He lifted me, unto a largly noble place. 1594Bacon Let. to A. Bacon in Spedding Lett. (1861) I. 349 There is a collection of Dr. James, of foreign states, largeliest of Flanders, which [etc.]. 1611Bible 1 Macc. xvi. 16 When Simon and his sonnes had drunke largely. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 210 They sup largely. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 482 The salacious Goat encreases more; And twice as largely yields her milky Store. 1747Wesley Prim. Physic (1762) 114 Drink largely of warm Lemonade. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. iv. I. 432 The patient was bled largely. 1880Geikie Phys. Geog. iv. §24. 228 Water enters largely into the composition of the bodies both of plants and animals. 1887Lightfoot Leaders North. Ch. (1891) 3 The prosperity of a Church, as of a Nation, depends largely on its connexion with the past. 1891Freeman Sk. Fr. Trav. 120 These surrounding hills are largely rocky.
†b. With words expressive of quantity or extent: Fully, quite. Obs.
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 10528 Al a ȝer largeliche this wrechede ilaste. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xx. 86 That largelich a legioun lese her lyf. c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1908 Another, That coste largely of gold a fother. c1400Ywaine & Gaw. 423, I wate that he was largely By the shuldres mare than i.
†3. Of discourse: At (great) length, in full, fully. Obs. or arch.
1483Caxton G. de la Tour D v, Gretter boldnesse to speke to her more largely. a1533Frith Disput. Purgat. (1829) 121 Which point I will touch more largely anon. 1551Turner Herbal i B vij, This herbe is so well knowen in all contrees, that I nede not largelyer to describe it. 1655Stanley Hist. Philos. i. (1701) 55/1 The Feast is largely described by Plutarch. 1782Priestley Corrupt. Chr. I. Pref. 19, I have written..largely on the subject of the soul. 1801Strutt Sports & Past. iii. iii. 160 We shall have occasion farther on to speak more largely concerning all these kinds. 1831Society I. 154 The girls had written so largely to their friend, she would not repeat news.
4. Generally; with a wide or general application or comprehension; in a wide sense. rare or arch.
c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 344 Ȝif men speken largeli, many men ben here more blessid þan þe pope. 1533Frith Mirr. Sacrm. Bapt. (1829) 287, I take the congregation of God in this place even somewhat largely, this is, for all them that are thought or counted to be the members of Christ. 1570Act 13 Eliz. c. 8 §6 The sayde Statute..shalbe most largely and strongly construed for the repressing of Usurie. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 228 This name æthiopia sometimes taken more largely, otherwhiles more straitned. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. iii. (1686) 6 Error, to speak largely, is a false judgement. 1774Burke Amer. Tax. Wks. 1842 I. 155 He was certainly in the right when he took the matter largely. 1868Gladstone Juv. Mundi ii. (1869) 43 His [Proitos'] subjects may have been Argives of Argolis, taken largely.
†b. Loosely, inaccurately. Obs.
c1449Pecock Repr. i. xix. 116 Ech of the xj. gouernauncis, which y schal..menteyne and defende is groundid in Holi Scripture largeli and vnpropirli forto speke of grounding. 1654Bramhall Just Vind. ii. (1661) 17 In all Sacraments improperly and largely so called.
†5. Freely, without restraint. Obs.
c1425Lydg. Assembly of Gods 1637 Wantons..Oft sythe bryng hem sylf in dystresse, Because they somtyme to largely deele. c1440York Myst. xxx. 493 Me likes noȝt [t]his langage so largely for to lye. c1530Ld. Berners Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814) 396 Ye saye not wysely to call the archebysshop traitour..it is to largely sayde. 1564J. Rastell Confut. Jewell's Serm. 73 It ys largelye and lowdelye spoken.
†6. For a large sum; at a high price. Obs. rare.
1611Coryat Crudities 216 Certaine prisoners being largely hired by the King of Spaine conspired together.
†7. Widely. Obs.
1551Recorde Pathw. Knowl. i. iii, Open your compasse as largely as you can.
8. In large characters, letters, or outlines; on a large scale (of drawing). Now rare.
1624Bedell Lett. iv. 78 On the top of this Tower, was this representation curiously and largely cut. 1680Moxon Mech. Exerc. 237 The Fore-Puppet is more largely delineated in Plate 18. 1887Sir G. Trevelyan in Standard 27 Aug. 2/3 You could almost read them across the floor of the House, they are so largely printed.
9. With lofty demeanour; loftily, pompously.
1857Trollope Barchester T. xlvi. (1858) 389 He, therefore, walked rather largely upon the earth. 1887Hall Caine Deemster xviii. 107 ‘Do you know, my good people’, he said largely, ‘I'm at a loss to understand what you mean’. |