locally
/ˈləʊkəli/LOH-kuh-lee
/ˈloʊkəli/LOH-kuh-lee
Meaningin a local way
Common meaning: nearby
Other meanings: in a particular place
- loca place, spotLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1074 · scan
- aladjective ending: relating to
- lyadverb ending: in a way
Journey through time
- Latinlocus‘a place, spot’
- Frenchlocal
- Englishlocal‘belonging to a nearby area’
- Englishformed in English from locallocally‘nearby’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Formed in English from local + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), LOCAL, p.338 · scan
Roots
- locus Latin “a place, spot”
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