different between widely vs roundly

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 roundly, roundely, roundliche, equivalent to round +? -ly.

Adverb

roundly (comparative more roundly, superlative most roundly)

1. Circularly.
2. Utterly or thoroughly.
   • 1974, Richard Garrett, General Gordon (page 203)

     When, over in the east, General Valentine Baker led his force of four thousand irregulars against Osman Digna, he was roundly thrashed.

3. Boldly; openly.
   • 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

     Moko, a name given by sportsmen to pheasants killed by mistake during September, before the pheasant-shooting comes in. They pull out their tails, and roundly assert that they are no pheasants at all, but mokos.

4. Briskly.
5. Generally.

Synonyms

• completely, deeply, firmly, fully, perfectly, soundly, thoroughly, totally

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