/laʁ.ʒə.mɑ̃/
Translation
widely, greatly, by a wide margin
Word origin
From large ('wide, broad') plus the adverbial suffix -ment, from Latin largus ('abundant, generous').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- largus
- English cognates
- large, largesse
Examples
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The film was widely broadcast on television.
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We have plenty of time to get there before the train.
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He far exceeded expectations.
Largement rarely matches the vague English sense of "largely" (mostly, for the most part). It means "widely" (largement diffusé, widely broadcast), "by a wide margin" (largement en tête, well ahead), or, in the fixed phrase avoir largement le temps, "to have plenty of time".
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