locallyadv.
/ˈləʊkl̩i/, /ˈləʊkəli/, U.S. /ˈloʊkəli/ 1. Frequently in theological contexts: with regard to spatial position or situation, or to the fact or quality of occupying or taking up space. Cf. local adj. 2.
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the world > space > place > [adverb]
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c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 49 (MED) Now lady..vnderstonde ye that localliche, virtualliche, or oother wise?
1551 T. Cranmer Answer S. Gardiner 85 The body of Christ was & is all one to ye fathers & to vs, but corporally & locally he was not yet born vnto them.
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. i. ii. viii. 38 By this faculty therefore wee locally moue the whole body.
1659 J. Pearson Expos. Creed (1839) 383 By which that body..became substantially present in heaven, and no longer locally present in earth.
1747 Act 20 Geo. II c. 43 §15 The shire [or shires respectively] within which such lands do locally lie.
1796 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iv, in Wks. (1812) IX. 104 That they look upon us, though locally their countrymen, in reality as enemies.
1857 E. B. Pusey Real Presence iii. 326 To Moses God appeared locally in the flame of fire in a bush.
1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation iv. 122 These establishments are not subordinate to the University, within which they are locally situated.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 956/2 The Thamudaean inscriptions are locally nearer to Phoenicia, and the letters are more like the Phoenician.
1917 J. Pohle & A. Preuss Eschatol. (1920) iv. 59 The fact of their being locally and inseparably bound up with this lowly element hinders the free activity of the spirit.
2009 L. Duncan in J. M. Pinson Perspectives Christian Worship ii. 83 Christ is not elementally, spatially, or locally present in the Supper in any way.
2. Medicine. To or with regard to a particular part of the body. Cf. local adj. 1.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adverb] > locally
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [adverb] > locally
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1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health iii. f. 178 And this locally applyed on wicked vlcers, doth marueylously clense them.
1660 J. Harding tr. Paracelsus Degrees & Compositions v. vii, in tr. Paracelsus Archidoxis 147 Nothing of those things which putrefie, or do purge and cleanse in the place, or locally are to be added thereto.
1749 T. Knight Refl. upon Catholicons 139 Therefore when a Calculus is form'd in the Bladder, a proper Dissolvent should be locally apply'd by Injection through a Catheter.
1800 E. Jenner in Med. Jrnl. 3 295 Dr. Jenner's assertion, that a person may be ‘repeatedly affected, both locally and generally, with the Cow-pox’.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 860 Locally a menthol spray may be used.
1953 R. W. Fairbrother Text-bk. Bacteriol. (ed. 7) xi. 158 Delayed reactions [to tuberculin] may occur locally at the site of inoculation.
2002 Times 11 Feb. ii. (Medical Guide) 17/3 Drugs may also be applied locally—these may be antibiotic eardrops, antifungal preparations or corticosteroid drugs (which tackle inflammation).
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1638 W. Chillingworth Relig. Protestants i. v. §47. 269 A man may Locally and properly depart from the Accident of a subject, and not from the subject it selfe.
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the mind > language > naming > [adverb] > named after a particular place
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a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §223 233 Soldon had..lords locally named.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Worc. 177 He [sc. John Feckenham] was the last Clergy-man I find..who Locally was Surnamed.
5. In a particular (implied or specified) place or region.
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the world > space > place > [adverb] > in regard to a particular place
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topically1648
locally1773
regionally1854
1773 Gentleman's Mag. July 593/1 The knowledge of such useful discoveries as may be communicated, as well as those which are locally known and practised.
1794 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. X. xxxvii. 590 20,000 yards of flannel, or what are locally called, plains.
1823 W. Buckland Reliq. Diluvianæ 209 Similar ridges, known locally [in Yorkshire] by the name of barfs.
1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. i. 7 A further division of the functions of government..distributes the offices of government locally under the heads of domestic, colonial, and international government.
1912 Times 16 Mar. 4/1 I, as wharf superintendent, lent money locally on trading goods and jewelry.
1952 A. John Chiaroscuro 102 ‘Poteen’ was dispensed. This excellent beverage, locally and illegally distilled, was much appreciated.
2011 Observer 13 Mar. (Food Monthly Suppl.) 58/3 I found a section on Orcadian razor clams, a delicacy known locally as ‘spoots’.
6. Mathematics. At or with respect to a neighbourhood of a point or element, or to a number of such neighbourhoods; for values falling within a neighbourhood of a given value. Cf. globally adv. 3.
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1927 Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 33 24 The result just obtained has been applied by Alexandroff to locally compact Hausdorff spaces.
1959 E. M. Patterson Topology iii. 63 A space is said to be locally compact if every point lies in an open set whose closure is compact.
1983 H. O. Fattorini Cauchy Probl. viii. 484 This uniqueness result also holds locally.
2014 K. Sundermeyer Symmetries Fund. Physics App. A 524 Lie groups with the ‘same’ Lie algebra are locally isomorphic, that is isomorphic near the neutral element.
Compounds
Combining with past participles to form adjectives, as locally-grown, locally-made, locally-produced, etc.
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1858 H. D. Rogers Geol. Pennsylvania II. 115 The locally-called Palmer Vein.
1862 A. M. Dowleans Official Catal. Contrib. India to London Exhib. i. 51 The locally-grown hemp is reputed to possess more of the medicinal properties of the drug than that imported from Bengal.
1887 D. Macdonald Gum Boughs 36 One of the most peculiar of birds' eggs found about the Murray is that of the locally-termed ‘cat-bird’, the shell of which is veined thickly with dark thin threads as though covered with a spider's web.
1896 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Jrnl. 5 Dec. in Matabele Campaign (1897) xix. 480 The locally-born children are as healthy..as you could wish.
1905 Daily Chron. 27 Apr. 7/3 Beating the locally-trained Ambition.
1955 J. Betjeman in R. S. Thomas Song at Year's Turning 11 Locally-printed volumes.
1968 National Fisherman Aug. 26- a/3 U.S. firms are willing and ready to buy locally caught tuna.
1975 Country Life 16 Jan. 143/1 Perhaps Jay was asked..to revise a locally-made design.
2011 Independent 5 July 7/2 Retailers fall over themselves to assure customers that their food is fresh and locally-sourced.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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