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locally en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈləʊkəli/
• (Southern-England) audio

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.

Meanings

1. With respect to place; in place.
   • These things are locally separated.
2. In or from the local area.
   • She became disrespectfully referred to locally as the "Crab" on account of her extraordinary manoeuvrability. 1956 February, R. C. Riley, “The Lymington Railway and Isle of Wight Ferry”, in Railway Magazine, page 82:
   • In this shop we only sell products farmed locally.
   • The spending in and around local stations is creating micro-economies that are benefiting Great Britain's high streets, independent businesses and economic growth, both locally and on a national level. 2025 October 1, Richard Evans, “The value of the railway effect”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 58:
   • “Temu’s pricing for U.S. consumers remains unchanged as the platform transitions to a local fulfillment model,” the company said in a statement. “All sales in the U.S. are now handled by locally based sellers, with orders fulfilled from within the country.” 2025 May 2, Elisabeth Buchwald and Ramishah Maruf, “A massive tariff on millions of Americans’ purchases just went into effect — cue the chaos”, in CNN:
   • We live locally, so I always bank locally.
3. In a restricted part of the body.
   • To be applied locally
   • Puri et al demonstrated that intravesically administered apaziquone is well tolerated locally and systemically, and it has ablative activity for superficial bladder cancer marker lesions. 2015 July 25, “Anticancer Activity of Apaziquone in Oral Cancer Cells and Xenograft Model: Implications for Oral Cancer Therapy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
4. Within a sufficiently small sphere (or circle or interval) around a given point (sometimes, around any point).
   • locally Euclidean

Forms

Deriveds

locally compact · locally indicable · locally ringed space · nonlocally · locally small · quasilocally · locally finite · locally compact group

Translations (13)

ang stōwlīċe (with respect to place) · gl localmente (in or from the local area) · la localiter (in or from the local area) · pt localmente (with respect to place) · ca localment (with respect to place) · fi paikallisesti (with respect to place) · fr localement (with respect to place) · cs lokálně (with respect to place) · pl lokalnie (with respect to place) · it localmente (with respect to place) · es localmente (in or from the local area) · ca localment (in or from the local area) · it localmente (in or from the local area)