wide‧ly W2 / waɪdli / 副词

1 in a lot of different places or by a lot of people :

Organic food is now widely available.

an author who had travelled widely in the Far East

a widely used method

These laws were widely regarded as too strict.

This view was not widely held.

2 to a large degree – used when talking about differences :

The quality of the applicants varies widely .

3 widely read

a) read by a lot of people :

a widely read magazine

b) having read many different books