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locally

adverbattested in dialogue

  • //ˈləʊkəli//

With respect to place; in place.

adverb

  1. 1

    With respect to place; in place.

    These things are locally separated.

  2. 2

    In or from the local area.

    We live locally.

    In this shop we only sell products farmed locally.

    She became disrespectfully referred to locally as the "Crab" on account of her extraordinary manoeuvrability.

    “Temu’s pricing for U.S. consumers remains unchanged as the platform transitions to a local fulfillment model,” the company said in a statement. “All sales in the U.S. are now handled by locally based sellers, with orders fulfilled from within the country.”

  3. 3

    In a restricted part of the body.

    To be applied locally

    Puri et al demonstrated that intravesically administered apaziquone is well tolerated locally and systemically, and it has ablative activity for superficial bladder cancer marker lesions.

  4. 4

    Within a sufficiently small sphere (or circle or interval) around a given point (sometimes, around any point).

    locally Euclidean

Etymology

Etymology tree English local Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English locally From local + -ly.

Forms

comparative
more locally
superlative
most locally
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