civicallyadv.
/ˈsɪvᵻkli/, U.S. /ˈsɪvᵻk(ə)li/ rare before 19th cent.
In a civic manner or sense; from a civic point of view.
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society > society and the community > [adverb] > as a member of
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socially1643
1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies xvi. 125 Her tongue too civically mincing, for vulgar attention.
1834 New Monthly Mag. 40 85 No chief magistrate ever conducted himself with greater assiduity, urbanity, and, above all, civically speaking, hospitality than Sir Peter.
1851 Daily News 24 Mar. 5/5 Perhaps there is compensation found in the flourishing state of the religious feeling among a people who are thus civically brutalised to become spiritually blest.
1873 J. Morley Rousseau II. 185 Just government or unjust..civically elevating or demoralising.
1914 E. von Arnim Pastor's Wife xxii. 279 She had given him a child a year, which was, he was aware, the maximum output and rendered him civically satisfactory.
1941 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 12 268/2 The responsibility of helping youth realize their own best selves..of being economically efficient and civically responsible is a philosophy that while not complete represents a good starting point.
2005 Daily Tel. 10 May 18/6 That's post-socialist Britain: materially prosperous, but civically impoverished; wealthy villages and upscale suburbs full of frustrated and impotent citizens.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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