domestically

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adverb

In a domestic manner.

Less commonScrabble 20

Meanings

adverbdomestically (comparative more domestically, superlative most domestically)

comparative more domestically · superlative most domestically

  1. In a domestic manner.

    The wind-down of OPIC is also consistent with the President’s commitment to focus less overseas and more domestically, and will achieve savings in OPIC’s administrative and subsidy expenses.

    2017 May 23, Gregory Krieg and Will Mullery, “Trump’s budget by the numbers: What gets cut and why”, in CNN
  2. hobbiesAt home, playing in one's home ground.

    Athletic have been showing signs of fatigue domestically and they never quite seemed to reach the same pitch of intensity that had so unsettled Manchester United and Schalke 04 in earlier rounds.

    2012 May 9, Jonathan Wilson, “Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao”, in The Guardian

Origin

  1. Englishdomestic
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  5. Proto-Germanic*līką
  6. Englishdomestically

From domestic + -ally.

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Translations

Spanish en el país, nacionalmente
  • en el paísin a domestic manner
  • nacionalmentein a domestic manner
  • intranacionalmentein a domestic manner
Cite this entry
APA

domestically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/domestically

MLA

“domestically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/domestically. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “domestically,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/domestically.

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