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from The Century Dictionary.

  • With respect to place; in place: as, to be locally separated or distant.

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  • adverb With respect to place; in place.

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  • adverb With respect to place; in place; as, to be locally separated or distant

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  • adverb to a restricted area of the body
  • adverb by a particular locality

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Examples

  • An ex-mercenary with special 'psychological chameleon' type abilities to blend in locally, is now hired to find out why an incredibly wealthy functionally immortal man was killed.

    Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Altered Carbon - Richard Morgan Blue Tyson 2006

  • Oahu Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association club Lanikai, meanwhile, may provide the best chance at reclaiming the title locally across the treacherous Kaiwi Channel.

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  • Oahu Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association club Lanikai, meanwhile, may provide the best chance at reclaiming the title locally across the treacherous Kaiwi Channel.

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  • U.S. officials there said the attack appeared to be the work of what they called locally-grown leftists.

    CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2007 2007

  • Geo said three of those killed in the fighting in the district bordering Afghanistan were foreigners, a term locally used to describe militants of Arab and Central Asian origin.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • He said local Taliban as well as foreigners - a term locally used for Al Qaeda militants of Arab origin - were among the dead and injured.

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  • A local intelligence official said some of those killed were 'foreigners', a term locally used for Al Qaeda fighters of Arab and Central Asian origin.

    India eNews 2009

  • A local intelligence official said some of those killed were "foreigners," a term locally used for al-Qaeda fighters of Arab and Central Asian origin.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • A local intelligence official said some of those killed were "foreigners," a term locally used for al-Qaeda fighters of Arab and Central Asian origin.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • Another official said some foreigners, a term locally used to describe Arab and Central Asian militants, were also killed in the aerial attack.

    News24 2008

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  • "With respect to place; in place: as, to be locally separated or distant."

    --Cent. Dict.

    August 6, 2012