locally

adverb

lo·​cal·​ly ˈlō-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce locally (audio)
1
: with respect to a particular place or situation
2
: nearby
3
: in the region of origin

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The report will air locally Friday and Sunday on KTTV Fox 11. Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025 Some of this never enters the grid and instead simply offsets demand locally (in that it gets used by the house that sits beneath the panels). John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 23 May 2025 Detective Kien opened locally on April 30, amassing 150 billion VND (approximately $5.8M) in just eight days at the box office. Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 23 May 2025 When the proposal was heard locally, the La Jolla Development Permit Review Committee supported the plan on a 5-1 vote in January 2024, and the Traffic & Transportation Board followed suit with a 5-4 decision in February that year. Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for locally

Word History

First Known Use

1773, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of locally was in 1773

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“Locally.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/locally. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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