largely in English

adverb

1

to a great extent; on the whole; mostly.

he was soon arrested, largely through the efforts of Tom Poole

synonyms: mostly, mainly, to a large/great extent, chiefly, predominantly, primarily, principally, for the most part, in the main, usually, typically, commonly

adverb

• mostly, mainly, to a large/great extent, chiefly, predominantly, primarily, principally, for the most part, in the main, usually, typically, commonly
• mostly, for the most part

Use "largely" in a sentence

1. The fabric is largely permeable to hot air and water and largely impervious to light.

2. Appreciably: as in largely, mostly

3. This country is largely desert.

4. His resignation passed largely unnoticed.

5. Rhinos are largely sedentary animals.

6. The protein is largely coiled.

7. The area is largely uninhabited.

8. The new regulations are largely symbolic .

9. But the presidency is largely ceremonial.

10. The Quaternary sediments are largely undeformed.

11. Our societies are still largely agrarian.

12. Locals still largely eat Greek cuisine.

13. Their complaints have been largely ignored.

14. These qualities largely failed to materialize.

15. Sweden's energy market is largely privatised.

16. Bookbinding is largely a cottage industry.

17. Bones are largely composed of calcium.

18. The move today was largely symbolic.

19. Parthian armies consisted largely of cavalry.

20. The monarch retains largely formal duties.

21. It is largely a matter of Conjecture

22. This depends largely on the quarantine situation.

23. The rain will largely die away overnight.

24. I work in old-age homes, largely.

25. It is largely dependent on the weather.

26. Both antibodies are a largely heterogeneous family.

27. Exchange is largely controlled by big banks.

28. It was an impassioned, largely peaceful protest.

29. The Chickadee is largely an insect eater

30. Caroline pressed Walpole for reform, largely unsuccessfully.

31. Revolutionary language and ideology had largely reappeared.

32. 6 Bookbinding is largely a cottage industry.

33. Taxonomy is very largely subjective and intuitive.

34. The community largely consists of afro-Colombians.

35. That simple marker is largely unnoticed today.

36. The leopard is largely a nocturnal hunter.

37. The inquest has been largely farcical anyway.

38. The island is populated largely by sheep.

39. Coprolites are composed largely of calcium phosphate

40. The committee largely concurred with these views.

41. Yet this information is largely a secret.

42. We live in a largely secular society.

43. It is largely a matter of conjecture.

44. It's made up largely of american citizens.

45. The case against him was largely circumstantial.

46. American humor is founded largely on hyperbole.

47. 9 The property market remains largely inactive.

48. The post of mayor is largely ceremonial .

49. For one simple and largely overlooked reason.

50. Criminologists, too, have largely neglected the prisons.