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ethnically

ethnically adverb: of or pertaining to ethnicity.

Adverb

ethnically (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to ethnicity.
    • But the row highlighted the fall from grace of the ethnically diverse women Sarkozy once promoted but later cast aside, who are now rebelling. The former young sports minister, Rama Yade, outspoken and hugely popular, has not only quit the government: she has left Sarkozy's party.2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 02 Nov 2023
    • London has one of the most ethnically diverse populations in the world. It absorbs more than half of all immigrants to Britain.2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, “London Is Special, but Not That Special”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2022, retrieved 28 Sep 2013

ethnically meaning in Urdu

ethnically in Urdu

نسلی طور پر

Examples of ethnically in a sentence

  • Young Muslims are essentially seen as 'ethnically challenged' and this is put at the core of their experience of disadvantaged positions.
  • On the face of it, Tainan is ethnically homogeneous.
  • Dozens of NATO peacekeepers were injured after they were attacked by ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo, during protests over the installation of ethnically Albanian mayors.

All 12 example sentences with ethnically

Origin of ethnically

From ethnic + -ally.

Words formed from ethnically

Phrases with ethnically

Questions about ethnically

What does ethnically mean?
Ethnically means of or pertaining to ethnicity.
What is ethnically in Urdu?
Ethnically in Urdu is نسلی طور پر. See Ethnically meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is ethnically?
Ethnically is an adverb.

Words near ethnically in the dictionary

  1. ethnic purge
  2. ethnic purges
  3. ethnic studies
  4. ethnica
  5. ethnical
  6. ethnically
  7. ethnically challenged
  8. ethnically cleanse
  9. ethnically cleansed
  10. ethnically cleanses
  11. ethnically cleansing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ethnically (page history and authors); ethnically (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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