widespanned

Widespanned is an English adjective describing something with a wide span or broad extent. It is used for physical dimensions—such as wings, arches, or canopies—and for figurative breadth, such as influence or reach.

Etymology: formed from wide and span with the past participle suffix -ed. The variant wide-spanned is common in older or more formal texts. Widespanned is far less common in everyday usage.

Usage: In zoology and botany, it describes objects that extend widely—e.g., the hawk's wings are widespanned; the canopy is widespanned. In architecture and engineering, it may describe a bridge or arch with a broad span. In literature, it conveys grandeur of scale.

Notes: The term is primarily found in descriptive writing and scholarly work rather than casual speech. It should not be confused with widely spread or widespread, which have different senses.

See also: span, wingspan, wide-spread, spanned.