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historically

adv
/hɪˈstɒɹɪkli/UK/hɪˈstɔɹɪkli/US

Etymology

From historical + -ly or historic + -ally.

Definitions

  1. In a historic manner

    In a historic manner; with reference to history or the historical record.

    • Historically speaking, this company has always collected payment before starting work.
    • Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically.

  2. According to history

    According to history: formerly, in the past, traditionally.

    • Historically, this company collected payment before starting work.
    • Holden Matthews, 21, has been charged in connection with fires at three historically black churches in Louisiana.

  3. To an unprecedented or extremely rare degree.

    • In January, the anti-corruption organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW, released a detailed report on the historically unethical presidency of Donald Trump.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at historically. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at historically. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at historically

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA