Difference between Widely and Wide

What is the difference between Widely and Wide?

Widely as an adverb is commonly; generally; to a great degree while Wide as an adverb is extensively

Widely

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: commonly; generally; to a great degree separated by a large distance

Example sentence: This success led my theoretical group to the chemical reactivity theory, extending more and more widely the range of compound and reactions that were discussed.

Wide

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having a large physical extent from side to side.Large in scope.Operating at the side of the playing area.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: extensivelycompletelyaway from a given goal

Part of speech: noun

Definition: 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

Example sentence: Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.

We hope you now know whether to use Widely or Wide in your sentence.

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