tribally

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adverb

In a tribal manner or context.

UncommonScrabble 13

Meanings

adverbtribally (comparative more tribally, superlative most tribally)

comparative more tribally · superlative most tribally

  1. In a tribal manner or context.
    1 more example

    2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, Alfred A. Knopf (2001), page 10, Given all my aunts and uncles (and a couple more on my father's side), my cousins numbered almost a hundred; and since the family, for the most part, was centered in London (though there were far-flung American, Continental, and South African branches), we would all meet frequently, tribally, on family occasions.

Origin

  1. Englishtribal
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishtribally

From tribal + -ly.

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Translations

Polish plemiennie, trybalnie
  • plemiennieTranslations
  • trybalnieTranslations
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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