socially
Americanadverb
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in the friendly company of others; in a genial or gregarious manner.
We met through mutual friends who gather socially several times a month.
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in a manner that relates to human society and its configuration as a community.
Her art strives to be both beautifully evocative and socially responsible.
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in a manner that relates to the division of human society into classes according to status.
Socially and economically, these children are repressed by disadvantages we cannot imagine.
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with attention or regard to rules about behavior.
In my day, carousing on a Sunday was socially unacceptable.
Other Word Forms
- nonsocially adverb
- unsocially adverb
Etymology
Origin of socially
First recorded in 1610–30; social ( def. ) + -ly ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Tourette’s is misunderstood, and coprolalia, a symptom of the condition that leads to involuntary swearing, slurs, or other socially unacceptable words or phrases, is even more so.
From Salon
The politically and socially powerful Horace Greeley became a friend, advisor, and father figure.
From Literature
In a radio speech that February, she advocated for housing as a “permanent municipal service” that would improve cities across the country “both economically and socially.”
For many BBC News met there that night, the D66 leader was everything Wilders was not: relatively young, upbeat, pro‑EU and socially liberal - a fresh face pitched against an older, hard‑right establishment.
From BBC
"In earlier cleaner wrasse mirror studies, the procedure was typically the fish see a mirror for several days, they habituate to it and stop reacting socially, and a mark is added," Dr. Sogawa explained.
From Science Daily
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