in the friendly company of others; in a genial or gregarious manner: We met through mutual friends who gather socially several times a month.
in a manner that relates to human society and its configuration as a community: Her art strives to be both beautifully evocative and socially responsible.
in a manner that relates to the division of human society into classes according to status: Socially and economically, these children are repressed by disadvantages we cannot imagine.
with attention or regard to rules about behavior: In my day, carousing on a Sunday was socially unacceptable.
Origin of socially
First recorded in 1610–30; social + -ly
OTHER WORDS FROM socially
non·so·cial·ly,adverbun·so·cial·ly,adverb
Words nearby socially
socialization, socialize, socialized medicine, social justice, social justice warrior, socially, socially excluded, socially included, social market, social media, social media intelligence