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LARGELY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In large part; mainly or chiefly

Example:

These accounts are largely inactive

Synonyms:

for the most part; largely; mostly

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Adverbs

Sense 2

Meaning:

On a large scale

Example:

the sketch was so largely drawn that you could see it from the back row

Classified under:

Adverbs

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 Context examples: 

The role of IL-12 in cellular immunity is largely mediated by the STAT-4 transcription factor.

(IL12 Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The viral components of the microbiome (the virome) have received less attention, largely because viruses are so diverse that there are no universal viral target regions.

(Algal Virus Infects, Affects Humans, NIH)

This is troubling, especially when the consequences for the environment and human health remain largely unknown.

(Microplastics million times more abundant in the ocean than previously thought, National Science Foundation)

After seven days, the researchers found that ZIKV had replicated in certain glioblastoma cells and prevented them from multiplying, while the ordinary neural tissue cultures remained largely uninfected.

(Zika virus selectively infects and kills glioblastoma cells in mice, National Institutes of Health)

NCI-sponsored program that promotes and supports clinical trials in cancer treatment, (largely combined modality approaches); cancer prevention, and early detection within setting of a Cooperative Group.

(Cooperative Group Program, NCI Thesaurus)

Public opinion was then largely in its favour, and there were good reasons why it should be so.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

However, mutant mice fed a diet rich in saturated fats and cholesterol were largely protected.

(Diet Affects Autoinflammatory Disease Via Gut Microbes, NIH)

Doctors have long known, and largely accepted as fact, that people who are more stressed tend to have more heart attacks and strokes.

(Biological Link Found Between Stress, Heart Disease, VOA)

I can readily understand, she began, that this morning’s affair was largely an accident; but I have been talking with Mr. Haskins.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Studies of twins have shown that variation in body weight is largely influenced by our genes.

(Slim people have a genetic advantage when it comes to maintaining their weight, University of Cambridge)