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domestically en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English domestic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al 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 Middle English -ally English -ally English domestically From domestic + -ally.

Meanings

1. In a domestic manner.
   • The wind-down of OPIC is also consistent with the President’s commitment to focus less overseas and more domestically, and will achieve savings in OPIC’s administrative and subsidy expenses. 2017 May 23, Gregory Krieg and Will Mullery, “Trump’s budget by the numbers: What gets cut and why”, in CNN:
2. At home, playing in one's home ground.
   • Athletic have been showing signs of fatigue domestically and they never quite seemed to reach the same pitch of intensity that had so unsettled Manchester United and Schalke 04 in earlier rounds. 2012 May 9, Jonathan Wilson, “Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Deriveds

intradomestically · peridomestically

Translations (3)

es nacionalmente (in a domestic manner) · es en el país (in a domestic manner) · es intranacionalmente (in a domestic manner)