historically

UK /hɪˈstɒɹɪkli/ US /hɪˈstɔɹɪkli/

adv 3

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ADJ.

accurate, associated, exposed, failed, famous, fork-users, largest, many

VERB + HISTORICALLY

existed, finances, gets, looked, preserve, root

HISTORICALLY + NOUN

africa, boomerangs, company, errors, government, gulf, locations, member

PREP.

after, in, on, with

Definitions

adv

In a historic manner; with reference to history or the historical record.

Historically speaking, this company has always collected payment before starting work.

Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically.

According to history: formerly, in the past, traditionally.

Historically, this company collected payment before starting work.

Holden Matthews, 21, has been charged in connection with fires at three historically black churches in Louisiana.

To an unprecedented or extremely rare degree.

In January, the anti-corruption organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW, released a detailed report on the historically unethical presidency of Donald Trump.

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Historically speaking, this company has always collected payment before starting work.

Wiktionary

Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically.

Wiktionary

Historically, this company collected payment before starting work.

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Fork-users have historically been in the minority.

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He looked at historically famous locations.

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Japan has had the experience of being hit by major earthquake disasters, since it is a country which has historically had many earthquakes.

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