different between widely vs wide
widely
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)
- In a wide manner; across a wide area.
- (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.
- 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 75,
Translations
Anagrams
- Wildey, dewily, wieldy
widely From the web:
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wide
English
Etymology
From Middle English wid, wyd, from Old English w?d (“wide, vast, broad, long; distant, far”), from Proto-Germanic *w?daz, from Proto-Indo-European *w?- (“apart, asunder, in two”), from Proto-Indo-European *weye- (“to drive, separate”).
Cognate with Scots wyd, wid (“of great extent; vast”), West Frisian wiid (“broad; wide”), Dutch wijd (“wide; large; broad”), German weit (“far; wide; broad”), Swedish vid (“wide”), Icelandic víður (“wide”), Latin d?vid? (“separate, sunder”), Latin v?t? (“avoid, shun”). Related to widow.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /wa?d/
- (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA(key): /w?ed/
- Rhymes: -a?d
Adjective
wide (comparative wider, superlative widest)
- Having a large physical extent from side to side.
- Large in scope.
- (sports) Operating at the side of the playing area.
- On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
- Surely he shoots wide on the Bow-Hand.
- 1656, Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, and Philip Massinger, The Old Law
- I was but two bows wide.
- (phonetics, dated) Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.
- (Scotland, Northern England, now rare) Vast, great in extent, extensive.
- (obsolete) Located some distance away; distant, far. [15th–19th c.]
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 81:
- Mr Hunt's house, you know, lies wide from Harlowe-place.
- 1654, Henry Hammond, Of Fundamentals...
- the contrary [being] so wide from the truth of Scripture and the attributes of God
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 81:
- (obsolete) Far from truth, propriety, necessity, etc.
- April 12 1549, Hugh Latimer, sixth sermon preached before King Edward VI
- It is far wide that the people have such judgments.
- How wide is all this long pretence!
- April 12 1549, Hugh Latimer, sixth sermon preached before King Edward VI
- (computing) Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
- a wide character; a wide stream
Antonyms
- narrow (regarding empty area)
- thin (regarding occupied area)
- skinny (sometimes offensive, regarding body width)
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- width
Translations
References
- The Dictionary of the Scots Language
Adverb
wide (comparative wider, superlative widest)
- extensively
- completely
- away from or to one side of a given goal
- So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
Derived terms
- wide-ranging
Translations
Noun
wide (plural wides)
- (cricket) A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score
Old English
Etymology
w?d +? -e
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?wi?.de/
Adverb
w?de
- widely, afar, far and wide
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