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Adjective
- not on target
- the arrow was wide of the mark
- a claim that was wide of the truth
- having ample fabric
- the current taste for wide trousers
- very large in expanse or scope
- (used of eyes) fully open or extended
- broad in scope or content
- across-the-board pay increases
- an all-embracing definition
- blanket sanctions against human-rights violators
- an invention with broad applications
- a panoptic study of Soviet nationality- T.G.Winner
- having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
Adverb
- to or over a great extent or range; far
- wandered wide through many lands
- far from the intended target
- the arrow went wide of the mark
- a bullet went astray and killed a bystander
- to the fullest extent possible
- with the throttle wide open
- with or by a broad space
- stand with legs wide apart