adv
Meaning 1
With respect to place; in place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- These things are locally separated.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
locally
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈləʊkəli/
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CMU ARPABET: L OW1 K AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
In or from the local area.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- We live locally.
- In this shop we only sell products farmed locally.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 3
In a restricted part of the body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
Examples
- To be applied locally
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 4
Within a sufficiently small sphere (or circle or interval) around a given point (sometimes, around any point).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematical-analysis, mathematics, sciences
Examples
- locally Euclidean
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 5
by a particular locality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- it was locally decided
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 6
to a restricted area of the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- apply this medicine topically
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: topically
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: localment — with respect to place
- Czech: lokálně — with respect to place
- Finnish: paikallisesti — with respect to place
- French: localement — with respect to place
- Italian: localmente — with respect to place
- Old English: stōwlīċe — with respect to place
- Polish: lokalnie — with respect to place
- Portuguese: localmente — with respect to place
- Catalan: localment — in or from the local area
- Galician: localmente — in or from the local area
- Italian: localmente — in or from the local area
- Latin: localiter — in or from the local area
- Spanish: localmente — in or from the local area
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