locally

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English

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Etymology

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From local +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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locally (comparative more locally, superlative most locally)

  1. With respect to place; in place.
    These things are locally separated.
  2. In or from the local area.
    We live locally.
    In this shop we only sell products farmed locally.
  3. (medicine) In a restricted part of the body.
    To be applied locally
    • 2015 July 25, “Anticancer Activity of Apaziquone in Oral Cancer Cells and Xenograft Model: Implications for Oral Cancer Therapy”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Puri et al demonstrated that intravesically administered apaziquone is well tolerated locally and systemically, and it has ablative activity for superficial bladder cancer marker lesions.
  4. (mathematics, mathematical analysis) Within a sufficiently small sphere (or circle or interval) around a given point (sometimes, around any point).
    locally Euclidean

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