historically
In a historic manner; with reference to history or the historical recordIn a historic manner; with reference to history or the historical record.
» Historically, now is a good time to buy.
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3 sensesIn a historic manner; with reference to history or the historical record.
Historically speaking, this company has always collected payment before starting work.
The law will prove to be historically significant.
истори́ческиistoríčeski
According to history: formerly, in the past, traditionally.
Historically, this company collected payment before starting work.
Historically, a rise in interest rates slows the rate of inflation.
with respect to history
To an unprecedented or extremely rare degree.
Examples
31 sentencesHistorically, now is a good time to buy.
He looked at historically famous locations.
Actors were historically considered untrustworthy pretenders.
Fork-users have historically been in the minority.
You could say this translation is historically accurate.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From historical + -ly or historic + -ally.From historical + -ly or historic + -ally.
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Forms
more historically, most historically| Comparative | more historically Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most historically |
regular
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Adverbs of manner — Because it is an -ly adverb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.