largelier

Adverb

largely (comparative largelier or more largely, superlative largeliest or most largely)

1. In a widespread or large manner.
   • She smiled at Aristide, who smiled at her, and Jean, seeing them happy, smiled largely at them both.1924, William John Locke, The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol
2. For the most part; mainly or chiefly.
   • They were largely successful in their efforts.

   Synonyms:

   by and large

3. On a large scale; amply.
   • Usually there was a jug of one or other decoction standing on the hob, from which he drank largely.
     "Grand!" he said, smacking his lips after wormwood. "Grand!" And he exhorted the children to try.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 2”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   abundantly, fully, plentifully

4. (obsolete) Fully, at great length.
   • 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.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   at length