Largely

Largely means ‘almost completely’:

The downturn in the economy in the 1970s was largely due to oil prices.

Warning:

We don’t use largely to mean ‘enormously’, ‘greatly’ or ‘significantly’:

Traffic flows in the city centre have been greatly improved by the opening of the new ring road.

Not: … have been largely improved …

We don’t use largely to mean ‘widely’ or ‘by many people’:

This issue has been widely debated in recent years.

Not: … has been largely debated …

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