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locally

adverb

  1. at a relatively short distance
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Pronunciation: /ˈləʊkəli/

adv

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.

  1. With respect to place; in place.

    These things are locally separated.

  2. In or from the local area.

    We live locally.

    In this shop we only sell products farmed 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.

  4. Within a sufficiently small sphere (or circle or interval) around a given point (sometimes, around any point).

    locally Euclidean