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largely

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Word definitions for largely in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adv. in large part; mainly or chiefly; "These accounts are largely inactive" [syn: mostly , for the most part ] on a large scale; "the sketch was so largely drawn that you could see it from the back row"

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1200, "liberally, generously, bountifully;" also "in large measure; abundantly," from large + -ly (2). Meaning "extensively, to a great extent" is c.1400.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
adv. 1 In a widespread or large manner. 2 For the most part; mainly or chiefly.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES consist mainly/largely/primarily of sb/sth ▪ The audience consisted mainly of teenagers. due largely to ▪ The restaurant’s success was due largely to its new manager. highly/purely/largely speculative ▪ a purely speculative ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Largely \Large"ly\, adv. In a large manner. --Dryden. --Milton.

Usage examples of largely.

It seems likely that Raeder took this step largely because he wanted to anticipate any sudden aberration of his unpredictable Leader.

But the fateful decisions secretly made, the intrigues, the treachery, the motives and the aberrations which led up to them, the parts played by the principal actors behind the scenes, the extent of the terror they exercised and their technique of organizing it - all this and much more remained largely hidden from us until the secret German papers turned up.

They exhibited an ability to spin a fairly strong web and communicated largely through scents.

If this region is largely developed, the constitution is languid, inefficient, sensitive, and abnormally disposed.

Vesta resembles a kind of meteorite called a basaltic achondrite, while 16 Psyche and 22 Kalliope appear to be largely iron.

Food of a starchy or saccharine character is apt to increase acidity, and interfere with the assimilation of other elements, therefore, articles, rich in fatty matters, should enter largely into the diet.

It was shown in the last chapter that the stolons or runners of certain plants circumnutate largely, and that this movement apparently aids them in finding a passage between the crowded stems of adjoining plants.

This agent may be administered in doses of from five to ten drops, largely diluted in water or gruel.

He had lost friends before, and his friendship with Ager during the Slaver War largely had been largely professional, not personal.

Some of the characters in my tale are present in the Void Which Bind largely as scars, holes, vacancies -- the Nemes creatures are such vacuums, as are Councillor Albedo and the other Core entities -- but I was able to track some of the movements and actions of these beings simply by the movement of that vacancy through the matrix of sentient emotion that was the Void, much as one would see the outline of an invisible man in a hard rain.

The first is that the albuminoids which it contains are largely soluble, and this means that good light bread from germy flour is impossible.

Orthean weapons had largely been a failure, simply because Ortheans fight ambidextrously and I remained obstinately right-handed.

Upon him and his exhaustive work all others have largely drawn,--notably Professor Arber himself,--and his conclusions seem entitled to the same weight here which Arber gives them in other relations.

This was largely because she had never actually seen what Ashe looked like, though she had been closer to doing so than most.

The harbour defences, manned largely by Maltese, destroyed almost the whole attacking force in spite of its daring.