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popularly
[ pop-yuh-ler-lee ]
adverb
- by the people as a whole; generally; widely:
a fictitious story popularly accepted as true.
- for popular taste; for the general masses of people:
He writes popularly on many subjects.
ˈpopularly
/ ˈpɒpjʊləlɪ /
adverb
- by the public as a whole; generally or widely
- usually; commonly
his full name is Robert, but he is popularly known as Bob
- in a popular manner
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Other Words From
- non·popu·larly adverb
- over·popu·lar·ly adverb
- quasi-popu·lar·ly adverb
- semi·popu·lar·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of popularly1
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Example Sentences
At the time (and until 1913), U.S. senators were not popularly elected but were selected by the state legislature.
The flowers and leaves of this herb are used to make medications and the supplement is popularly used for depression.
Consider that the first popularly elected African-American senator was a Republican, Ed Brooke from Massachusetts, in 1966.
Yevgeniya Chirikova—known popularly as Zhenia—did not jump into politics spontaneously.
The News of the World, popularly known as the Screws, has long struck fear into public figures in Britain.
He was the inventor of Exchequer Bills; and they were popularly called Montague's notes.
Of the one hundred Irish members, eighty-three were popularly returned.
Influenza, called popularly the grippe, is caused by the bacillus influenzae, which was isolated by Pfeiffer in 1891.
Professor Berkley's definition, besides being scientifically exact, is popularly intelligible.
It is popularly known in the United States as "poison sumach," "poison dogwood" and "poison elder."
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