Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a popular manner; so as to please the populace.
- Among the people at large; currently; commonly; prevalently.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a popular manner; so as to be generally favored or accepted by the people; commonly; currently.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
popular manner; so as to be generallyfavored oraccepted by the people;commonly ;currently ; as, the story was popularly reported.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb among the people
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Examples
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This was the title popularly given to the head of a fanatical sect of Mohammedans in Syria in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, whose method of getting rid of their enemies has given us the word _assassin_.
Rime of the ancient mariner Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803
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Bollywood is the term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai.
WN.com - Articles related to Hollywood thrills make up for Bollywood’s flop show 2010
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Caravan is the term popularly used by Israelis to describe temporary homes that have become the hallmark of outposts, often without running water or electricity, which settlers claim to prevent the land from falling into Palestinian hands.
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We fortify many of what we call our popularly positioned products to help meet this need, a Nestlé spokesman said.
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Among the Hasidim, a title popularly accorded to more or less learned individuals distinguished for their piety, and credited with supernatural powers of healing, divination, etc.
The Promised Land Mary Antin 1915
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A term popularly to nearly all the natives of South Africa.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Throat is a term popularly used to describe the area that leads into the respiratory and digestive tracts.
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Throat is a term popularly used to describe the area that leads into the respiratory and digestive tracts.
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I feel like the popular conception of Freddy Krueger might be a bit different than what you guys are going for here because Freddy Krueger, popularly, is Henie Youngman as a serial killer.
Producers Andrew Form and Bradley Fuller On Set Interview A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET – Collider.com 2010
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The Pentagon Papers was the name popularly attached to a lengthy classified history of the conflict in Vietnam assembled by a team of high-level researchers working at the Defense Department.
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