largely
/ˈlɑɹd͡ʒ.li/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.61 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a widespread or large manner.
adv
adv
On a large scale; amply.
Example Sentences
- "She smiled at Aristide, who smiled at her, and Jean, seeing them happy, smiled largely at them both."
- "They were largely successful in their efforts."
- "Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get; what you get is classical alpha-taxonomy which is, very largely and for sound reasons, in disrepute today."
- "Yet in “Through a Latte, Darkly”, a new study of how Starbucks has largely avoided paying tax in Britain, Edward Kleinbard […] shows that current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate what he calls “stateless income”: […]. In Starbucks’s case, the firm has in effect turned the process of making an expensive cup of coffee into intellectual property."
- "But with the war also still largely stalemated, other theatres of conflict have become more important. In Russia’s case, that includes the secret domain."
- "Usually there was a jug of one or other decoction standing on the hob, from which he drank largely. "Grand!" he said, smacking his lips after wormwood. "Grand!" And he exhorted the children to try."
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.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlɑɹd͡ʒ.li/
- British English: /ˈlɑːd͡ʒ.li/
Usage
Inflected Forms
largelier (comparative)
more largely (comparative)
largeliest (superlative)
most largely (superlative)