widelyadv.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪdli/, U.S.

/ˈwaɪdli/

Forms: see wide adj. and -ly suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: wide adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < wide adj. + -ly suffix². Compare earlier wide adv. and Middle English uses of widen adv. N.E.D. (1924) records a sense defined as ‘With ‘latitude’ of conduct, beyond the bounds of propriety, uncivilly’, but this is based on an erroneous reading (perhaps influenced by wide adj. 13a) of rudely adv. in earlier editions of the text cited in the following quot.:1666 S. Pepys Diary 6 Aug. (1972) VII. 237 My Lord..did treat her..very rudely and ungenteely.

†1. In most widely: (probably) in a way that gives the greatest amount of space or degree of freedom; (perhaps contextually) completely, fully. Obsolete. rare.The exact meaning in quot. a1382 is unclear; C. Lindberg (in his edition of 1965) also tentatively suggests the sense ‘generously’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adverb] > entirely, altogether, or completely

righteOE

allingOE

outlyOE

allOE

throughoutlyc1175

allingsa1225

throughouta1225

thoroughc1225

albedenec1300

outc1300

quitelyc1330

all-whollya1375

most widelya1382

all wholea1393

all-thinga1398

algate?a1400

algatesc1405

thoroughly1442

mainly1550

outrighta1560

outrightly1642

solely1710

teetotally1832

bodaciously1833

teetotaciously1833

orl1864

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xxxvi. 16 Therfore he shal saue thee fro the streite mouth most widly [1609 Douay most largely; L. latissime], not hauende a ground vnder itself.

2. Over or through a wide space or area; in or to various places; extensively.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > over or through a great distance

roomOE

widenOE

wideOE

farc1200

widely1579

the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [adverb] > widely spread

wideOE

rivedlyc1300

widely1579

worldwide1836

worldwidely1856

statewide1888

nationwide1971

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

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Sept. f. 37^v They walke not widely as they were wont For feare of raungers, and the great hunt.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. x. 202 The tribes that returned to India, were afterward widely dispersed.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 218 Her..dishevel'd Hair,..widely spread Ambrosial Scents around.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 145 Where he leap'd, the Waves in Circles widely spread.

1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence xxxi. 13 All the widely-silent places round.

1787 Eng. Rev. June 477 A small state, that can concentrate its forces and avail itself of all its strength, will always gain advantages over a greater one whose territories are widely scattered.

1802 R. Warner Tour Northern Counties II. 289 Ornamenting the widely-extended carpet of green with occasional spots of the most brilliant white.

1855 D. T. Ansted in Orr's Circle Sci.: Inorg. Nature 83 The coal measures..are widely distributed in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland; in Belgium, France, and Spain; in many parts of Western Germany [etc.].

1883 A. H. Keane in Nature 1 Mar. 410/1 This widely-ramifying family.

1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 258 Alternanthera Achyrantha.., a troublesome weed now spread widely throughout South Africa.

1976 D. Blood Rocky Mountain Wildlife i. ii. 101 The mountain cottontail..is distributed widely from southwestern Montana to southern Colorado.

2005 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 24 Feb. a2/3 Both have travelled widely about the world, on all continents.

3. Among a large number or variety of people; in relation to many or various things, subjects, cases, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adverb] > prevalently

rivedlyc1300

rifely1357

currently1579

widely1579

vulgarly1617

epidemically1641

endemically1661

prevalently1709

1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune i. xcii. f. 114^v I am famous and far knowen, and widely [L. lateque] renowmed.

1606 in Lett. & State Papers Reign James VI (1838) 79 It be wydelie aneught spoken, that..we can naa langer miskenne it.

1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. ii. 85 For though his Fame doth widely fly,..At last the mighty thing must die.

1706 M. Prior Ode to Queen 2 When bright Eliza rul'd Britannia's State, Widely distributing Her high Commands.

1769 T. Chandler Appeal Defended Introd. 4 All the unfair Things, as well as all the ludicrous Expressions, which they have uttered against the Church, have been widely circulated amongst the People.

1836 H. F. Lyte Spirit of Psalms (ed. 4) 152 Praise Him! praise Him, Widely as His mercy flows!

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 33 Viscount Mordaunt, widely renowned, many years later, as Earl of Peterborough.

1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter (1863) 12 The drunken laird and the widely tolerant wife.

1915 W. C. Allen Gospel St. Mark 67 The Semitic word..is used very widely of seas, lakes, and even rivers.

1936 Discovery Apr. 124/2 Mr Thornton's broadcast talks on exotic music are widely known.

2011 Victorian Nov. 28/3 Etched glass is a technique still widely used.

a. Esp. with reference to something that can be opened: to a great or considerable width; to a wide extent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [adverb] > widely

wideOE

rifea1400

widely1838

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxix. sig. Hh6^v Who euermore will loue Apollos quill, Since Nico doth to sing so widely gape?

1647 G. Tooke Belides 10 Here widely to set ope A doore of griefe, as if the door of hope Were double lock'd and barr'd?

1684 T. Creech tr. Theocritus Idylliums i. 4 On either side a Fox; one widely gapes, He eyes the Vines, and spoils the ripning Grapes.

1732 A. Monro Anat. Treat. Nerves 11 in Anat. Humane Bones (ed. 2) In Convulsions, I have frequently observed the Eye-lids widely opened.

1778 J. Abercrombie Universal Gardener & Botanist at Atriplex Atriplex Halimus..with a shrubby stalk, branching out widely on every side, grows four or five feet high.

1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. xlvi. 209 Those widely staring eyes..appeared in the midst of the darkness.

1860 F. C. L. Wraxall Life in Sea i. 24 Widely-extended jaws.

1879 H. Sweet in Trans. Philol. Soc. 1877–9 465 In loud declamation..the mouth is naturally opened widelier.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xviii. 223 Through the widely-opened gateways.

1940 R. M. Laing & E. W. Blackwell Plants N.Z. (ed. 4) 261 The flowers do not open out so widely as those of the Hinau.

2001 R. Hill Dialogues of Dead (2002) xxxviii. 413 The Fat Man yawned widely.

b. With reference to space or time: with, at, or by a wide interval or intervals; far apart.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > unseemliness or unbecomingness > [adverb]

unhonestlyc1380

uncomelya1400

unseemlya1400

uncomelilyc1420

unseemlily1483

indecently1589

undecently1589

grossly1600

unseemingly1619

unbeseeming1645

widely1665

indelicately1800

indecorously1818

unbefittingly1871

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > at or by a (great) distance apart

farc1400

widely1665

distantly1764

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adverb] > with impropriety

unkindlyc1300

ungoodlyc1380

unhonestlyc1380

indecently1589

undecently1589

grossly1600

unproperly1604

widely1665

like a whore at a christening1706

indelicately1800

1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim xxiii. 240 Two Hills..which were..very widely distant the one from the other.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 294 We..widely shun the Lilybæan Strand, Unsafe, for secret Rocks, and moving Sand.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 237. ¶7 We cannot discover the beautiful Connexions between Incidents which lye widely separated in Time.

1779 Mirror No. 13. ⁋7 The poetical productions of widely-distant periods of society.

1839 T. Beale Nat. Hist. Sperm Whale Introd. 7 A row of widely separated, short-pointed, conical teeth.

1857 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. & Arts 2nd ser. 23 386 Flora inhabiting very widely sundered stations.

1907 Proc. Washington Acad. Sci. 18 Oct. 486 Eyes widely divided.

1982 D. Michalas & J. Binney Galactic Astron. (ed. 2) ii. 41 Measuring positions of stars on photographic plates taken at widely separated times (twenty years or more).

2006 Guardian 28 Mar. (G2 section) 11/2 The wart-biter bush-cricket is just managing to cling on in five widely separated populations on ancient chalk grassland and heathland in southern Britain.

5. To a large extent or degree; considerably, extremely; spec. (a) so as to be far from what is correct, desired, or intended; so as to err in opinion or belief (now rare); (b) so as to be far apart from something in nature, character, amount, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > by or to a great degree or extent > to a great degree (of difference)

farc900

largelyc1325

largea1400

widely1603

far-about1848

sizes1861

way1903

tons1908

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adverb] > in a wrong way, amiss > to a great extent

widely1603

1603 J. Willoughbie Mnemosynon Kyrio-euchariston App. 127 I shal not need to feare how rightly in I am or else howe widely out.

1632 P. Fletcher Way to Blessednes 2 Most men, and almost all that travaile this way, are wasted by such Pilots, that it is no maruaile to see them so widely or wildely to erre and wander.

1644 J. Doughty Kings Cause rationally Debated 3 Unlesse they can possibly shew pro & con: with and against, termes so widely opposite to be one and the same.

1688 J. Bunyan Heavenly Foot-man (1886) 154 Alas, thou art widely mistaken!

1707–8 G. Berkeley Philos. Comm. (1989) 105 Malbranch..differs widely from me.

1788 R. Burns Let. 7 Dec. (2001) I. 341 You miscalculate matters widely, when you forbid my waiting on you lest it should hurt my worldly concerns.

1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 71 Negligence and inhumanity are widely different.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. viii. 213 She must indeed be widely changed from what she once was.

1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes ii. 114 We shall err widely if we consider this man as a common voluptuary, intent mainly on base enjoyments.

1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) iv. 242 The proportion of mineral matter..differs widely in different springs.

1912 New Internat. Year Bk. 1911 97/2 Opinion was very widely divided as to the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed plan.

1949 Our Industry (Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.) (ed. 2) i. 9 Crude oils from different sources vary widely in characteristics.

2012 R. Earnshaw in J. Dill et al. Expanding Frontiers of Visual Analytics & Visualization xxvi. 476 Experts differ widely on what to do in times of economic recession in order to stimulate growth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	widely
释义	widelyadv. Brit. /ˈwʌɪdli/, U.S. /ˈwaɪdli/ Forms: see wide adj. and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: wide adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < wide adj. + -ly suffix². Compare earlier wide adv. and Middle English uses of widen adv. N.E.D. (1924) records a sense defined as ‘With ‘latitude’ of conduct, beyond the bounds of propriety, uncivilly’, but this is based on an erroneous reading (perhaps influenced by wide adj. 13a) of rudely adv. in earlier editions of the text cited in the following quot.:1666 S. Pepys Diary 6 Aug. (1972) VII. 237 My Lord..did treat her..very rudely and ungenteely. †1. In most widely: (probably) in a way that gives the greatest amount of space or degree of freedom; (perhaps contextually) completely, fully. Obsolete. rare.The exact meaning in quot. a1382 is unclear; C. Lindberg (in his edition of 1965) also tentatively suggests the sense ‘generously’. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adverb] > entirely, altogether, or completely righteOE allingOE outlyOE allOE throughoutlyc1175 allingsa1225 throughouta1225 thoroughc1225 albedenec1300 outc1300 quitelyc1330 all-whollya1375 most widelya1382 all wholea1393 all-thinga1398 algate?a1400 algatesc1405 thoroughly1442 mainly1550 outrighta1560 outrightly1642 solely1710 teetotally1832 bodaciously1833 teetotaciously1833 orl1864 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xxxvi. 16 Therfore he shal saue thee fro the streite mouth most widly [1609 Douay most largely; L. latissime], not hauende a ground vnder itself. 2. Over or through a wide space or area; in or to various places; extensively. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > over or through a great distance roomOE widenOE wideOE farc1200 widely1579 the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [adverb] > widely spread wideOE rivedlyc1300 widely1579 worldwide1836 worldwidely1856 statewide1888 nationwide1971 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 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Sept. f. 37^v They walke not widely as they were wont For feare of raungers, and the great hunt. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. x. 202 The tribes that returned to India, were afterward widely dispersed. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 218 Her..dishevel'd Hair,..widely spread Ambrosial Scents around. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 145 Where he leap'd, the Waves in Circles widely spread. View more context for this quotation 1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence xxxi. 13 All the widely-silent places round. 1787 Eng. Rev. June 477 A small state, that can concentrate its forces and avail itself of all its strength, will always gain advantages over a greater one whose territories are widely scattered. 1802 R. Warner Tour Northern Counties II. 289 Ornamenting the widely-extended carpet of green with occasional spots of the most brilliant white. 1855 D. T. Ansted in Orr's Circle Sci.: Inorg. Nature 83 The coal measures..are widely distributed in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland; in Belgium, France, and Spain; in many parts of Western Germany [etc.]. 1883 A. H. Keane in Nature 1 Mar. 410/1 This widely-ramifying family. 1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 258 Alternanthera Achyrantha.., a troublesome weed now spread widely throughout South Africa. 1976 D. Blood Rocky Mountain Wildlife i. ii. 101 The mountain cottontail..is distributed widely from southwestern Montana to southern Colorado. 2005 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 24 Feb. a2/3 Both have travelled widely about the world, on all continents. 3. Among a large number or variety of people; in relation to many or various things, subjects, cases, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adverb] > prevalently rivedlyc1300 rifely1357 currently1579 widely1579 vulgarly1617 epidemically1641 endemically1661 prevalently1709 1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune i. xcii. f. 114^v I am famous and far knowen, and widely [L. lateque] renowmed. 1606 in Lett. & State Papers Reign James VI (1838) 79 It be wydelie aneught spoken, that..we can naa langer miskenne it. 1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. ii. 85 For though his Fame doth widely fly,..At last the mighty thing must die. 1706 M. Prior Ode to Queen 2 When bright Eliza rul'd Britannia's State, Widely distributing Her high Commands. 1769 T. Chandler Appeal Defended Introd. 4 All the unfair Things, as well as all the ludicrous Expressions, which they have uttered against the Church, have been widely circulated amongst the People. 1836 H. F. Lyte Spirit of Psalms (ed. 4) 152 Praise Him! praise Him, Widely as His mercy flows! 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 33 Viscount Mordaunt, widely renowned, many years later, as Earl of Peterborough. 1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter (1863) 12 The drunken laird and the widely tolerant wife. 1915 W. C. Allen Gospel St. Mark 67 The Semitic word..is used very widely of seas, lakes, and even rivers. 1936 Discovery Apr. 124/2 Mr Thornton's broadcast talks on exotic music are widely known. 2011 Victorian Nov. 28/3 Etched glass is a technique still widely used. 4. a. Esp. with reference to something that can be opened: to a great or considerable width; to a wide extent. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [adverb] > widely wideOE rifea1400 widely1838 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxix. sig. Hh6^v Who euermore will loue Apollos quill, Since Nico doth to sing so widely gape? 1647 G. Tooke Belides 10 Here widely to set ope A doore of griefe, as if the door of hope Were double lock'd and barr'd? 1684 T. Creech tr. Theocritus Idylliums i. 4 On either side a Fox; one widely gapes, He eyes the Vines, and spoils the ripning Grapes. 1732 A. Monro Anat. Treat. Nerves 11 in Anat. Humane Bones (ed. 2) In Convulsions, I have frequently observed the Eye-lids widely opened. 1778 J. Abercrombie Universal Gardener & Botanist at Atriplex Atriplex Halimus..with a shrubby stalk, branching out widely on every side, grows four or five feet high. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. xlvi. 209 Those widely staring eyes..appeared in the midst of the darkness. 1860 F. C. L. Wraxall Life in Sea i. 24 Widely-extended jaws. 1879 H. Sweet in Trans. Philol. Soc. 1877–9 465 In loud declamation..the mouth is naturally opened widelier. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xviii. 223 Through the widely-opened gateways. 1940 R. M. Laing & E. W. Blackwell Plants N.Z. (ed. 4) 261 The flowers do not open out so widely as those of the Hinau. 2001 R. Hill Dialogues of Dead (2002) xxxviii. 413 The Fat Man yawned widely. b. With reference to space or time: with, at, or by a wide interval or intervals; far apart. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > unseemliness or unbecomingness > [adverb] unhonestlyc1380 uncomelya1400 unseemlya1400 uncomelilyc1420 unseemlily1483 indecently1589 undecently1589 grossly1600 unseemingly1619 unbeseeming1645 widely1665 indelicately1800 indecorously1818 unbefittingly1871 the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > at or by a (great) distance apart farc1400 widely1665 distantly1764 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adverb] > with impropriety unkindlyc1300 ungoodlyc1380 unhonestlyc1380 indecently1589 undecently1589 grossly1600 unproperly1604 widely1665 like a whore at a christening1706 indelicately1800 1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim xxiii. 240 Two Hills..which were..very widely distant the one from the other. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 294 We..widely shun the Lilybæan Strand, Unsafe, for secret Rocks, and moving Sand. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 237. ¶7 We cannot discover the beautiful Connexions between Incidents which lye widely separated in Time. 1779 Mirror No. 13. ⁋7 The poetical productions of widely-distant periods of society. 1839 T. Beale Nat. Hist. Sperm Whale Introd. 7 A row of widely separated, short-pointed, conical teeth. 1857 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. & Arts 2nd ser. 23 386 Flora inhabiting very widely sundered stations. 1907 Proc. Washington Acad. Sci. 18 Oct. 486 Eyes widely divided. 1982 D. Michalas & J. Binney Galactic Astron. (ed. 2) ii. 41 Measuring positions of stars on photographic plates taken at widely separated times (twenty years or more). 2006 Guardian 28 Mar. (G2 section) 11/2 The wart-biter bush-cricket is just managing to cling on in five widely separated populations on ancient chalk grassland and heathland in southern Britain. 5. To a large extent or degree; considerably, extremely; spec. (a) so as to be far from what is correct, desired, or intended; so as to err in opinion or belief (now rare); (b) so as to be far apart from something in nature, character, amount, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > by or to a great degree or extent > to a great degree (of difference) farc900 largelyc1325 largea1400 widely1603 far-about1848 sizes1861 way1903 tons1908 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adverb] > in a wrong way, amiss > to a great extent widely1603 1603 J. Willoughbie Mnemosynon Kyrio-euchariston App. 127 I shal not need to feare how rightly in I am or else howe widely out. 1632 P. Fletcher Way to Blessednes 2 Most men, and almost all that travaile this way, are wasted by such Pilots, that it is no maruaile to see them so widely or wildely to erre and wander. 1644 J. Doughty Kings Cause rationally Debated 3 Unlesse they can possibly shew pro & con: with and against, termes so widely opposite to be one and the same. 1688 J. Bunyan Heavenly Foot-man (1886) 154 Alas, thou art widely mistaken! 1707–8 G. Berkeley Philos. Comm. (1989) 105 Malbranch..differs widely from me. 1788 R. Burns Let. 7 Dec. (2001) I. 341 You miscalculate matters widely, when you forbid my waiting on you lest it should hurt my worldly concerns. 1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 71 Negligence and inhumanity are widely different. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. viii. 213 She must indeed be widely changed from what she once was. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes ii. 114 We shall err widely if we consider this man as a common voluptuary, intent mainly on base enjoyments. 1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) iv. 242 The proportion of mineral matter..differs widely in different springs. 1912 New Internat. Year Bk. 1911 97/2 Opinion was very widely divided as to the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed plan. 1949 Our Industry (Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.) (ed. 2) i. 9 Crude oils from different sources vary widely in characteristics. 2012 R. Earnshaw in J. Dill et al. Expanding Frontiers of Visual Analytics & Visualization xxvi. 476 Experts differ widely on what to do in times of economic recession in order to stimulate growth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.a1382
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