Meanings
comparative more tribally · superlative most tribally
- 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
- Englishtribal
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishtribally
Translations
Polish plemiennie, trybalnie
- plemiennieTranslations
- trybalnieTranslations
Cite this entry
tribally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tribally
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