largely
602
2.4
- adverb
- /ˈlɑrdʒli/
:
en gran parte
- Global oil prices have remained largely stable this year.
- largely remains
- largely focused on
- largely ignored
And the adults are, you know, largely to blame for that.
- And the adults are, you know, largely to blame for that.
- These propaganda techniques are largely failing to stop Bitcoin.
- Without the Stew and the bones, the vision would largely have been lost.
- And I will tell you, it largely depends on you.
- And those lipoproteins come largely in two different families.
- the US has largely put that into more goods.
- And those will be the people that largely watch ADCC events like this.
- So I think it's going to feel largely like another human.
- You know, that has largely abated quite a bit.
- So the the baby food niche has been largely filled by cereals.
- Instead, the campaign was largely one of small skirmishes and short sieges.
- And for that I I largely blame time.
- It was, it was, it was largely the same.
Examples
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Medical devices are an essential component of health systems, but have gone largely unaddressed by world leaders.
Academic text (2011) -
The goal for these so-called transition towns would be to develop largely local economies.
Academic text (2011) -
But my daily, my daily life is largely not different.
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And because I grew up largely in the UK.
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And it's largely due to you.
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I grew up in a largely Republican place.
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Until now, South Africa has largely been free from Aids.
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And the adults are, you know, largely to blame for that.
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The way you do that is largely by simplification.
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The team's success was largely attributed to their hard work and dedication.
Synonyms
∞
3.0
Almost completely but not quite
457
2.4
To be mostly about one main thing
418
1.0
For the most part
261
3.2
It happens in most cases but not always
129
4.9
To a large degree
103
3.7
Mainly true in most cases
89
3.4
To say that something is true in most cases
31
4.0
Mostly or for the most part
22
3.0
Mainly or for the most part
11
3.5
To a large degree
3
6.7
For the most part
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Largely comes from large meaning 'big' or 'great' plus the ending -ly that turns it into an adverb. So largely means 'mainly' or 'for the most part', that is, 'to a great extent'.