Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - largely

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use largely to say that a statement is not completely true but is mostly true. The fund is largely financed through government borrowing... I largely work with people who already are motivated... Their weapons have been largely stones. = mainly ADV: ADV with v, ADV with cl/group 2. Largely is used to introduce the main reason for a particular event or situation. Retail sales dipped 6/10ths of a percent last month, largely because Americans were buying fewer cars... = mainly ADV: ADV prep