weitestens
German edit
Etymology edit
From weitester (“furthest”) + -ens (adverbial suffix).
Adverb edit
weitestens
- (rare, regional) at most, no further than
- (rare, regional) widely, for the most part
- Synonyms: weitgehend, weitestgehend
- Die Demonstration blieb weitestens friedlich.
- The demonstration remained widely peaceful.
Usage notes edit
- The word is unusual in either sense. Based on Google results, it seems that the meaning “no further than” is somewhat common in southern Germany, while the sense “widely” is somewhat common in western Germany.