historically
UK/hɪˈstɒɹɪkli//hɪˈstɔɹɪkli/
historically adverb: in a historic manner; with reference to history or the historical record.
Adverb
historically (comparative more historically, superlative most historically)
- In a historic manner; with reference to history or the historical record.
- Historically speaking, this company has always collected payment before starting work.
- The law will prove to be historically significant.
- According to history: formerly, in the past, traditionally.
- Historically, this company collected payment before starting work.
- Historically, a rise in interest rates slows the rate of inflation.
- 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.2018 February 23, Michelle Goldberg, “The De-Trumpification Agenda”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 23 Feb 2018
historically meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
historically in Hindi
- ऐतिहासिक रूप से, ऐतिहासिक तौर पर
historically in Tamil
- வரலாற்று ரீதியாக, வரலாற்று ரீதியில்
historically in Marathi
- ऐतिहासिकदृष्ट्या, ऐतिहासिक दृष्ट्या, ऐतिहासिकरीत्या
historically in Urdu
- مورخانہ, تاریخی طور پر
More languagesFewer languages
- historically in Bengali
- ঐতিহাসিকভাবে, ইতিহাসের দৃষ্টিকোণ থেকে
- historically in Telugu
- చారిత్రాత్మకంగా, చారిత్రకంగా, చారిత్రకపరంగా
- historically in Malayalam
- ചരിത്രപരമായി
- historically in Kannada
- ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕವಾಗಿ, ಚಾರಿತ್ರಿಕವಾಗಿ
- historically in Punjabi
- ਇਤਿਹਾਸਕ ਤੌਰ ਉੱਤੇ, ਇਤਿਹਾਸਕ ਤੌਰ'ਤੇ, ਇਤਿਹਾਸਿਕ ਤੌਰ ਉੱਤੇ
- historically in Gujarati
- ઐતિહાસિક રીતે
- historically in Odia
- ଐତିହାସିକ ଭାବେ, ଐତିହାସିକ ଦୃଷ୍ଟିରୁ
- historically in Nepali
- ऐतिहासिक रूपमा
Examples of historically in a sentence
- Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically.
- Holden Matthews, 21, has been charged in connection with fires at three historically black churches in Louisiana.2019 April 11, Harmeet Kaur, “Authorities say black metal may have influenced the Louisiana church fires suspect. Here’s what to know.”, in...
Forms of historically
| comparative | more historically |
|---|---|
| superlative | most historically |
Origin of historically
From historical + -ly or historic + -ally.
Words formed from historically
Questions about historically
- What does historically mean?
- Historically means in a historic manner; with reference to history or the historical record.
- What is historically in Hindi?
- Historically in Hindi is ऐतिहासिक रूप से, ऐतिहासिक तौर पर. See Historically meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use historically in a sentence?
- Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically.
- What part of speech is historically?
- Historically is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce historically?
- Historically is pronounced /hɪˈstɒɹɪkli/ (UK).
Words near historically in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: historically (page history and authors); historically (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); historically (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); historically (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); historically (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); historically (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); historically (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); historically (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); historically (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); historically (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); historically (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); historically (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); historically (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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