单词 | indigenously |
释义 | indigenouslyadv. 1. As an indigenous species, population, etc.; within or among an indigenous population; with regard to or in terms of origin. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native people > [adverb] indigenously1787 1787 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 313/2 The writer..never saw it [sc. the beech tree] growing indigenously to the southward of Lombardy. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii. iv. 403 The Achæans..belonging indigenously to the peninsula. 1894 Forum (U.S.) Mar. 19 Progress is slow, population increasing but slightly, and that indigenously. 1947 G. F. Papenfuss New Marine Algae from S. Afr. 48 This species was found several times, but always in or near gardens. It very likely occurs indigenously here, however. 1994 Afr. Arts 27 80 Mento was the earliest music fully acknowledged as indigenously Jamaican. 2005 J. Diamond Collapse (2006) iv. 139 Agriculture did not develop indigenously in the U.S. Southwest, because of a paucity of domesticable wild plant and animal species. 2. Chiefly Indian English. With reference to manufacturing, production, etc.: within the country in question, rather than abroad; domestically. ΚΠ 1883 Times of India 10 Mar. 5/6 The supply by these countries in so large quantities of the metals and other useful mineral products, together with the great advances in navigation, had rendered it possible to offer in the bazaars of India these foreign productions at a cheaper rate than those indigenously produced. 1923 in Evid. Enq. into Steel Industry (Indian Tariff Board) (1924) II. xi. 16 The enormous difficulties of importing Tinplates..raised the question as to whether this material could not be manufactured indigenously. 1986 Times 1 Sept. 26/2 After 30 years of licence-manufacturing mainly American aircraft, the Japanese and West German aerospace industries have achieved only modest export successes with indigenously designed aircraft. 2002 K. Matinuddin Nuclearization S. Asia v. 114 India's two indigenously produced remote sensing satellites continuously scan large areas in space. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022; most recently modified version published online January 2023). < adv.1787 |
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