different between widely vs greatly

English

Etymology

From Middle English wijdly, equivalent to wide +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wa?dli/

Adverb

widely (comparative widelier or more widely, superlative wideliest or most widely)

1. In a wide manner; across a wide area.
2. (figuratively) Commonly; generally; to a great degree.
   • 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 75,

     In 1866 Colonel J. F. Meline noted that the rebozo had almost disappeared in Santa Fe and that hoop skirts, on sale in the stores, were being widely used.

Translations

Anagrams

• Wildey, dewily, wieldy

English

Etymology

From Middle English gretly, gretely, gretliche, greteliche, equivalent to great +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???e?tli/

Adverb

greatly (comparative greatlier or greater or more greatly, superlative greatliest or greatest or most greatly)

1. To a great extent or degree.

   Synonyms: very, drastically

2. (archaic) Nobly; magnanimously.
   • 1823, Catherine George Ward, The Cottage on the Cliff: A Sea-side Story (page 251)

     But all this our fisher, who was neither a poet, nor a dependent, did not know, so he concluded, that all who were truly great, were truly greatly minded, and noble in soul, as they were exalted by birth, and rich in splendour.

Synonyms

• above a bit (Chester)

Translations

Anagrams

• lytarge