adv
Meaning 1
In a way relating to the whole nation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The speech was televised nationally.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
nationally
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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/ˈnæʃənəli/
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CMU ARPABET: N AE1 SH AH0 N AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: N AE1 SH N AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
with regard to a nation taken as a whole
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a nationally uniform culture
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
extending throughout an entire nation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- nationally advertised
- it was broadcast nationwide
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nationwide, across the nation, across the country
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English national 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 nationally From national + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: общонародно (obštonarodno) — in a way relating to the whole nation
- Catalan: nacionalment — in a way relating to the whole nation
- Finnish: kansallisesti — in a way relating to the whole nation
- French: nationalement — in a way relating to the whole nation
- Galician: nacionalmente — in a way relating to the whole nation
- Georgian: ნაციონალურად (nacionalurad) — in a way relating to the whole nation
- Hungarian: országosan — in a way relating to the whole nation
- Italian: nazionalmente — in a way relating to the whole nation
- Maltese: nazzjonalment — in a way relating to the whole nation
- Norwegian Bokmål: nasjonalt — in a way relating to the whole nation
- Norwegian Nynorsk: nasjonalt — in a way relating to the whole nation
- Occitan: nacionalament — in a way relating to the whole nation
- Portuguese: nacionalmente — in a way relating to the whole nation
- Spanish: nacionalmente — in a way relating to the whole nation
- Turkish: ulusça — in a way relating to the whole nation
Real reading context