Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a racial manner; in relation to or as influenced by race or lineage.

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  • adverb Relating to race.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb with respect to race

Etymologies

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racial +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • LOUIS — Nearly three years after Heather Ellis switched checkout lines at a southeast Missouri store and touched off what she calls a racially ...

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  • LOUIS — Nearly three years after Heather Ellis switched checkout lines at a southeast Missouri store and touched off what she calls a racially ...

    Robert Slayton: Institutional Racism 2009

  • LOUIS — Nearly three years after Heather Ellis switched checkout lines at a southeast Missouri store and touched off what she calls a racially ...

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  • In December, the Texas chapters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and League of United Latin American Citizens filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education asking for a review of the standards, which they described as "racially or ethnically offensive."

    chron.com Chronicle 2011

  • Rush Limbaugh tore into Politico for what he called a "racially stereotypical attack" on a black man who is getting "too uppity."

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn said the fighting later degenerated into what he described as racially charged violence outside the fair, when the youths fought with white motorists stuck in traffic.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • INDIANAPOLIS -- Dance hall owners in Indianapolis are upset by what they describe as racially biased city code enforcement.

    TheIndyChannel.com - Local News 2010

  • LOUIS -- Nearly three years after Heather Ellis switched checkout lines at a southeast Missouri store and touched off what she calls a racially charged dispute with white customers and authorities, the young black schoolteacher faces a trial that could send her to prison for

    unknown title 2009

  • LOUIS - Nearly three years after Heather Ellis switched checkout lines at a southeast Missouri store and touched off what she calls a racially charged dispute with white customers and authorities, the young black schoolteacher faces a trial that could send her to prison for

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  • Nearly three years after Heather Ellis switched checkout lines at a southeast Missouri store and touched off what she calls a racially charged dispute with white customers and authorities, the young black schoolteacher faces a trial that could send her to prison for 15 years.

    unknown title 2009

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