tribally

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English

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Etymology

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From tribal +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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tribally (comparative more tribally, superlative most tribally)

  1. In a tribal manner or context.
    • 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.