diffuse
verb (used with object)
to pour out and spread, as a fluid.
diffusely
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a word derived from
diffuse.
Example Sentences
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"The cancer is diffusely and widely invading the nervous system because that's advantageous for it," Monje said.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2023
When you are alive, you're not alive diffusely, you're alive in a body with a perimeter, with a limit.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2021
More diffusely, you can see traces of it in TV series that delve into relationships and psychology, from “thirtysomething” to the recent “Master of None” season, “Moments in Love.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2021
Each method is grim for the environment where metals are often scattered diffusely throughout the rock.
From The Verge ● Dec. 5, 2019
She had died in 1958, at the age of thirty-seven, from diffusely metastatic ovarian cancer—an illness ultimately linked to mutations in genes.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
