extensively

extensive | American Dictionary

extensive
adjective
us/ɪkˈsten·sɪv/
covering a large area; having or being a large amount:
Extensive roadway repairs are causing traffic problems.
Extensive also means wide in range and including much detailed information:
Her knowledge of music is extensive.
Foster did extensive research on electromagnetic fields.

extensively

adverbus/ɪkˈsten·sɪv·li/
The house was extensively rebuilt.

Examples of extensive

extensive
Elections may be nominally free, but governments engage in extensive gerrymandering, manipulation of voter registration and harassment of opposition parties.
Extensive integration field beyond the classical receptive field of cat's striate cor tical neurons- classification and tuning proper ties.
The extensive chapter on abolition, for example, skims over modes of liberation, the roles of families and post-liberation livelihoods.
Extensive studies in the surrounding forest by the authors confirmed that epiphytes occur only occasionally on ant and termite substrate other than ant gardens.
They each offer a unique overview and synthesis, with an extensive bibliog raphy.
An original paper should not include an extensive review of the literature, but only sufficient references to indicate the purpose and relevance of the investigation.
Although the reason for these discrepancies is unclear, it might be caused by the extensive use of transfected cells overexpressing membrane proteins.
A more extensive study that shows the effect of those coefficients on the system behaviour has been performed in reference 14.
Music therapists and educators have extensive practical experience of children making such strides in their development and passing across such thresholds.
The author has done extensive archival and oral research.
With polders, or lignite mines, these areas can be very extensive - really, a whole landscape.
Extensive referencing and evaluation of current debates also makes it valuable for postgraduates and a welcome refresher for seasoned practitioners.
The authors demonstrate that they have extensive practical experience in organic growing of alternative crops under temperate climatic conditions.
An insight into the extensive nature of such introgression is given for twelve different crops.
In that case, the behavioral effects of early insult are likely to be delayed and may be more extensive than first thought.
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