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historically, adv.|hɪˈstɒrɪkəlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a historical manner; in the way of history; according to, or in relation to, history.
1550Bale Apol. 21 (R.) Now wyll I shewe hystorycallye the forme and fashyon of that popysh vowinge. 1591Harington Orl. Fur. (1634) 15 note, Rather in Fabulous and in Allegoricall sence, then plainelie and historicallie. 1673O. Walker Educ. (1677) 51 Let him every night at his going to bed recollect historically what he hath done and said that day. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. 187 The fact is so historically; and it agrees well with the speculation. 1878Gladstone Prim. Homer 6 When we use the word Homer, we do not mean a person historically known to us, like Pope or Milton. 1937A. Huxley Ends & Means vii. 67 No less ‘historically’ necessary and right are the brutalities of men in brown shirts. 1958Spectator 27 June 849/1 Our undated and long-dated Government stocks are selling at historically low levels. 1959Brno Studies I. 30 How rewarding the study of the written norm may be even for the historically-minded specialist. 1960Economist 15 Oct. 285/3 The yields on copper shares are at historically high levels.
Comb.1879Gairdner Early Chron. Eng. vii. 319 The most historically-minded of English poets. |