adv
Meaning 1
In a widespread or large manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
largely
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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lärjʹ-li
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UK: /ˈlɑːd͡ʒ.li/
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US: /ˈlɑɹd͡ʒ.li/
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Australian: /ˈlaːd͡ʒ.li/
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CMU ARPABET: L AA1 R JH L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
For the most part; mainly or chiefly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- They were largely successful in their efforts.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 3
On a large scale; amply.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adv
Meaning 4
Fully, at great length.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adverb
Meaning 5
in large part; mainly or chiefly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- These accounts are largely inactive
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mostly, for the most part
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 6
on a large scale
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the sketch was so largely drawn that you could see it from the back row
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English large Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English largely From large + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: laajalti — in a widespread or large manner
- French: en grande partie — in a widespread or large manner
- French: largement — in a widespread or large manner
- Hungarian: szélesen — in a widespread or large manner
- Italian: largamente — in a widespread or large manner
- Italian: estesamente — in a widespread or large manner
- Italian: in gran parte — in a widespread or large manner
- Bulgarian: предимно (predimno) — for the most part
- Bulgarian: главно (glavno) — for the most part
- Esperanto: grandparte — for the most part
- Finnish: pitkälti — for the most part
- Finnish: enimmäkseen — for the most part
- Finnish: paljolti — for the most part
- French: en général — for the most part
- French: pour la plupart — for the most part
- German: größtenteils — for the most part
- Hungarian: jórészt — for the most part
- Hungarian: javarészt — for the most part
- Hungarian: nagyrészt — for the most part
- Hungarian: túlnyomórészt — for the most part
- Hungarian: nagymértékben — for the most part
- Hungarian: főként — for the most part
- Italian: per la maggior parte — for the most part
- Italian: in generale — for the most part
- Spanish: mayormente — for the most part
- Spanish: en gran parte — for the most part
- Bulgarian: в голям мащаб (v goljam maštab) — on a large scale
- Finnish: runsaasti — on a large scale
- Hungarian: bőven — on a large scale
- Hungarian: bőségesen — on a large scale
- Italian: ampiamente — on a large scale
- Russian: оби́льно (obílʹno) — on a large scale
- Bulgarian: напълно (napǎlno) — ''(obsolete in English)'' fully, at great length
- Bulgarian: съвсем (sǎvsem) — ''(obsolete in English)'' fully, at great length
- Finnish: laajasti — ''(obsolete in English)'' fully, at great length
- Italian: pienamente — ''(obsolete in English)'' fully, at great length
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