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widely

/ˈwaɪdli/ adverb A2
  1. In a wide manner; across a wide area; to a wide audience. · I'm widely travelled.
  2. Commonly; generally; to a great degree. (figuratively)

Comparative widelier · Superlative wideliest

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The feelings of the person who wrote and the person who received it are now so widely different from what they were then, that every unpleasant circumstance attending it ought to be forgotten.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 347 · B2
You have widely mistaken my character, if you think I can be worked on by such persuasions as these.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 339 · B2
She studied every sentence; and her feelings towards its writer were at times widely different.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 247 · B2
Widely different was the effect of a second perusal.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 242 · B2

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