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federally

federally adverb: in a federal manner.

Adverb

federally (comparative more federally, superlative most federally)

  1. In a federal manner.
    • The solids would then be dumped at a federally approved toxics landfill.1988 January 15, Paul Botts, “Environment: Waukegan's Toxic Waits”, in Chicago Reader
    • White residents used Federal Housing Administration-insured loans to buy their way out of the projects and to move to shiny new middle-class subdivisions. […] The F.H.A.’s explicitly racist underwriting standards, which rated black and integrated neighborhoods as uninsurable, made federally insured...2016 June 9, Nikole Hannah-Jones, “Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City”, in The New York Times Magazine

Forms of federally

comparativemore federally
superlativemost federally
alternative formfœderally

Origin of federally

From federal + -ly.

Phrases with federally

Questions about federally

What does federally mean?
Federally means in a federal manner.
What part of speech is federally?
Federally is an adverb.

Words near federally in the dictionary

  1. federalizations
  2. federalize
  3. federalized
  4. federalizes
  5. federalizing
  6. federally
  7. Federally Administered Northern Areas
  8. Federally Administered Tribal Areas
  9. federalness
  10. federals
  11. federalwide

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