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popularly en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English popular Middle English -ly English -ly English popularly From popular + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In a popular manner. ▸ So as to be generally favored or accepted by the people.
  2. In a popular manner. ▸ commonly
    • [T]he Oligocene's signature species were an unsavoury group of pigs and pig-like creatures, foremost among which were the entelodonts, more popularly known as hell pigs, or terminator pigs. 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 85:
    • Officially the Nordland Railway begins at Hell, but popularly the whole route north of Trondheim is so called. 1957 August 14, H. A. Vallance, “By Rail to the Norwegian Arctic”, in Railway Magazine, page 571:
    • They were popularly known as "the Kings of California"
  3. In a popular manner. ▸ currently

Forms

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most popularly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more popularly Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Translations (8)

ca popularment (in a popular manner) · it popolarmente (in a popular manner) · es popularmente (in a popular manner) · pt popularmente (in a popular manner) · fi suositusti (in a popular manner) · pl popularnie (in a popular manner) · bg популярно (in a popular manner) · el ευρέως (in a popular manner)