Largely vs Bigly - What's the difference?
largely | bigly |
In a widespread or large manner.
For the most part; mainly or chiefly.
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*:"Grand!" he said, smacking his lips after wormwood. "Grand!" And he exhorted the children to try.
(obsolete) Fully, at great length.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.ii:
Strongly, with great force.
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*:Then Sir Tristram came in, and began so roughly and so bigly that there was none might withstand him, and thus Sir Tristram dured long.
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*::Thenne sir Tristram came in and beganne so roughly and soo bygly that there was none myght withstande hym / and thus sire Tristram dured longe
In a blustering or boastful manner; haughtily.
As adverbs the difference between largely and bigly
is that largely is in a widespread or large manner while bigly is strongly, with great force.largely
English
Adverb
(en-adv)- Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get; what you get is classical alpha-taxonomy which is, very largely and for sound reasons, in disrepute today.
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- Usually there was a jug of one or other decoction standing on the hob, from which he drank largely .
- It ill beseemes a knight of gentle sort, / Such as ye haue him boasted, to beguile / A simple mayd, and worke so haynous tort, / In shame of knighthood, as I largely can report.