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nontribally

nontribally adverb: in a manner that is not tribal.

Adverb

nontribally (not comparable)

  1. In a manner that is not tribal.
    • Villages are of several different kinds depending upon the prevailing pattern of occupation and whether they are tribally or nontribally organized.1959, George Arthur Lipsky, Saudi Arabia: its people, its society, its culture, volume 4, page 61
    • Therefore, while nontribally identified Indians represent an interesting emergent American Indian ethnicity about which I will say more in subsequent chapters, such individuals do not appear to account for much of the recent Indian population growth.1997, Joane Nagel, American Indian ethnic renewal, page 104

Origin of nontribally

From non- + tribally.

Questions about nontribally

What does nontribally mean?
Nontribally means in a manner that is not tribal.
What part of speech is nontribally?
Nontribally is an adverb.

Words near nontribally in the dictionary

  1. nontriadic
  2. nontrial
  3. nontriangular
  4. nontriangulated
  5. nontribal
  6. nontribally
  7. nontribesman
  8. nontribesmen
  9. nontributary
  10. nontricyclic
  11. nontried

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