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doˈmestically, adv. [f. domestical a. + -ly2.] In a domestic manner; in, or in reference to, the house, home, or family; with regard to domestic or home affairs; familiarly.
1576Newton Lemnie's Complex. (1633) 80 To change that order of life, which by long use and domestically hee hath frequented. a1667Cowley Verses & Ess., Agric. (1669) 104 Augustus had desir'd Mecænas to persuade him [Horace] to come and live domestically, and at the same Table with him. 1791–1823D'Israeli Cur. Lit., Introd. Tea, Coffee, etc., Probably, tea was not in general use domestically so late as in 1687. 1792Burke Corr. IV. 21 All is well with us, and so far as concerns us, directly and domestically. 1885Westmld. Gaz. 2 Jan. 8/2 Gratified to see the Queen's youngest daughter settled domestically. |