adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

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."

3. 3
   In a restricted part of the body.

   "To be applied locally"

4. 4
   Within a sufficiently small sphere (or circle or interval) around a given point (sometimes, around any point).

   "locally Euclidean"

Adverb

1. 1
   by a particular locality wordnet
2. 2
   to a restricted area of the body wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

topicallytopically

Example

More examples

"The practice still prevails locally in parts of Japan."

Etymology

From local + -ly.

Related phrases

locally compactlocally compact grouplocally finitelocally indicablelocally ringed spacelocally small

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