extensively
adverb/ɪkˈstɛnsɪvli/
Frequency rank: #4,937 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to a large or wide degree; thoroughly and in great detail
Example sentence
The researcher has extensively studied the effects of climate change on coral reefs.
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