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racially

racially adverb: relating to race.

Adverb

racially (comparative more racially, superlative most racially)

  1. Relating to race.
    • a racially aggravated attack
    • The ideal Mexican national is not racially equivalent to the Spaniard; Mexicans are racial hybrids, mestizos.1997, Alfred Arteaga, Chicano Poetics: Heterotexts and Hybridities, page 172

Forms of racially

comparativemore racially
superlativemost racially

Origin of racially

From racial + -ly.

Words formed from racially

Questions about racially

What does racially mean?
Racially means relating to race.
What part of speech is racially?
Racially is an adverb.

Words near racially in the dictionary

  1. racialized
  2. racializer
  3. racializers
  4. racializes
  5. racializing
  6. racially
  7. racially challenged
  8. racially-profile
  9. racially-profiled
  10. racially-profiles
  11. racially-profiling

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