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societally

societally adverb: in a societal way.

Adverb

societally (not comparable)

  1. In a societal way.
    • societally acceptable
    • An experience here at the University of California, Berkeley, where I teach, suggests that if the content of the work itself is made more societally meaningful, women will enroll in droves.2015 April 27, Lina Nilsson, “How to Attract Female Engineers”, in The New York Times

Origin of societally

From societal + -ly.

Questions about societally

What does societally mean?
Societally means in a societal way.
What part of speech is societally?
Societally is an adverb.

Words near societally in the dictionary

  1. socie
  2. Sociedad
  3. socies
  4. societal
  5. societalization
  6. societally
  7. societarian
  8. societary
  9. societas leonina
  10. societies
  11. societism

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