extensivelyadv.
/ɛkˈstɛnsɪvli/ In an extensive manner.
1. Widely, largely; to a great extent; on a large scale; with a wide range.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adverb] > with vast extent
abroadc1300
largelya1398
widely1579
spaciously1598
broadly1599
amply?1611
heaven-wide?1611
spacious1615
extensively1736
extendedly1806
worldwide1836
vastily1844
amplitudinously1921
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > to a great extent, largely, or extensively
substantiallya1425
ample1481
amply1481
greatly1579
supernaculum1599
spaciously1608
extensively1736
largely1785
wholesalely1843
fatly1866
majorly1929
1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Extensively, in an extensive manner.
1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. xvi. 235 'Tis impossible for any one to pass a right Judgement concerning them without..surveying them extensively.
1804 L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 9) Advt. 8 He may..indulge a hope, that the book will be still more extensively approved and circulated.
1855 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom (ed. 2) xiv. 331 Numerous arterial canals..ramify extensively in the surrounding structures.
1879 J. Lubbock Sci. Lect. v. 158 A period when bronze was extensively used for..implements.
2.
a. In extent or scope; with respect to range of application. Often opposed to intensively. †extensively with: so as to be co-extensive with.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adverb] > in extent of application
extensively1645
1645 E. Calamy Indictm. against Eng. 3 Christ here sets out the greatnesse of the ruine..and that both Intensively, and Extensively.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Westm. 235 Let it [sc. Westminster] be taken..extensively with the Liberty of Lancaster from Temple-bar, and it filleth as much ground [etc.].
1713 London Gaz. No. 5119/2 A Peace so extensively great in all its Circumstances.
1797 T. J. Mathias Pursuits of Lit.: Pt. IV 68 The most extensively learned book I ever saw.
1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. iii. 89 As truly we say, not as extensively; but in considering the justice of such substitution, the extent is of no moment.
1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect ii. iii. 553 Increase of resemblance extensively..has the same power as increase of resemblance intensively, in rendering the restoration of the past more certain.
b. In extension (in Logic); with respect to extension. See extension n. 8b.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical classification > [adverb] > as regards logical extension
distributively1773
extensivelya1856
a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) III. viii. 146 A notion is extensively great in proportion to the greater number..of determinations or attributes it contains under it.
1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic viii. 237 Reasoning Extensively, we say, men are a part or class of responsible agents, and are, therefore, also a part of free agents.
3. With respect to extension (or the quality of occupying space). See extension n. 7b.
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the world > space > [adverb] > in a manner that occupies space
extensely1627
extensively1888
1888 G. C. Robertson in Mind July 423 By more complex efforts..we distinguish this and that extensively within such body.
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