extensively
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4.1
- adverb
- /ɪkˈstɛnsɪvli/
:
ampliamente
- He traveled extensively through Asia, exploring different cultures and traditions in each country.
- use extensively
- write extensively
- study extensively
The lottery was used quite extensively in this equalisation.
- The lottery was used quite extensively in this equalisation.
- Stalin, as you've documented extensively, was a horrible man.
- But you know, airplanes are also flown extensively by computers.
- And it's being studied quite extensively, especially for veterans with PTSD.
- But as Americans who have not, we haven't travelled extensively.
- Look guys, I have tried fantasy extensively.
- I've, I've, I've met psychologists and psychiatrists that work in this area extensively.
- It's a process of measuring extensively.
- Margo grew up in the Scottish Highlands and two and her seven books draw extensively on settings and characters from Great Britain.
Examples
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Six years of that life had been reported extensively in the notes column.
Fiction book (1991) -
We have used it extensively for satellite repair in orbit.
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Your images have been used extensively on Twitter specifically with these two characters in mind.
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I interviewed both those boys extensively when it happened.
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- We searched that area extensively.
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I have studied your missions extensively.
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Recently, he travelled extensively in Europe, accompanying his beloved in her professional activities in the cause of social justice.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education has extensively covered issues regarding the "new racism" on college campuses.
Academic text (1991) -
As a pedagogical tool in higher education, journaling has been examined extensively in the literature.
Academic text (2008) -
She's a psychologist who works with dogs, who has dogs of her own and has written extensively about their noses and their sense of smell.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To a very great degree
∞
1.0
To a very great degree
388
1.0
In many places or by many people
350
1.0
By a very large amount
259
3.5
To do something completely and carefully
144
3.4
By a large amount
129
3.1
To a very large degree
129
4.9
To a large degree
128
3.5
To a very large degree
103
3.0
By a very large amount
84
2.1
To a very great degree
70
3.5
To a very large degree
57
4.6
To a very great degree
47
3.4
To a great degree
26
2.7
In a wide or large way, for example with a big smile
11
3.5
To a large degree
8
4.9
In a way that includes almost all parts
6
7.4
To a very large degree
6
6.7
In a way that includes every part and leaves nothing out
3
5.1
In an open, warm, and excited way
By a large amount
Antonyms
How Extensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Extensively comes from extend, made of ex- 'out' and tendere 'to stretch', so imagine stretching a cloth or map out over a wide space. That's why extensively means covering a large area or involving a lot.