popularly

English

Etymology

From popular +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

popularly (comparative more popularly, superlative most popularly)

1. In a popular manner.
   1. So as to be generally favored or accepted by the people.
   2. commonly

      They were popularly known as "the Kings of California"

      • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 85:

        [T]he Oligocene's signature species were an unsavoury group of pigs and pig-like creatures, foremost among which were the entelodonts, more popularly known as hell pigs, or terminator pigs.

   3. currently

Translations

in a popular manner

• Bulgarian: популярно (bg) (populjarno)
• Catalan: popularment (ca)
• Finnish: suositusti
• Greek: ευρέως (el) (evréos)
• Italian: popolarmente (it)
• Portuguese: popularmente (pt)
• Spanish: popularmente (es)

References

• “popularly”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “popularly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.