locally

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English local

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English locally

From local + -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈləʊkəli/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adverb

locally (comparative more locally, superlative most locally)

1. With respect to place; in place.

   These things are locally separated.

2. In or from the local area.

   We live locally.

   In this shop we only sell products farmed locally.

   • 1956 February, R. C. Riley, “The Lymington Railway and Isle of Wight Ferry”, in Railway Magazine, page 82:

     She became disrespectfully referred to locally as the "Crab" on account of her extraordinary manoeuvrability.

   • 2025 May 2, Elisabeth Buchwald and Ramishah Maruf, “A massive tariff on millions of Americans’ purchases just went into effect — cue the chaos”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     “Temu’s pricing for U.S. consumers remains unchanged as the platform transitions to a local fulfillment model,” the company said in a statement. “All sales in the U.S. are now handled by locally based sellers, with orders fulfilled from within the country.”

   • 2025 October 1, Richard Evans, “The value of the railway effect”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 58:

     The spending in and around local stations is creating micro-economies that are benefiting Great Britain's high streets, independent businesses and economic growth, both locally and on a national level.

3. (medicine) In a restricted part of the body.

   To be applied locally

   • 2015 July 25, “Anticancer Activity of Apaziquone in Oral Cancer Cells and Xenograft Model: Implications for Oral Cancer Therapy”, in PLOS ONE‎^[2], →DOI:

     Puri et al demonstrated that intravesically administered apaziquone is well tolerated locally and systemically, and it has ablative activity for superficial bladder cancer marker lesions.

4. (mathematics, mathematical analysis) Within a sufficiently small sphere (or circle or interval) around a given point (sometimes, around any point).

   locally Euclidean

Derived terms

• locally compact
• locally compact group
• locally finite
• locally indicable
• locally ringed space
• locally small
• nonlocally
• quasilocally

Translations

with respect to place

• Catalan: localment (ca)
• Czech: lokálně
• Finnish: paikallisesti (fi)
• French: localement (fr)
• Italian: localmente (it)
• Old English: stōwlīċe
• Polish: lokalnie (pl)
• Portuguese: localmente (pt)

in or from the local area

• Catalan: localment (ca)
• Galician: localmente
• Italian: localmente (it)
• Latin: localiter
• Spanish: localmente (es)