Historically
[hɪ'stɒrɪklɪ]
Definition
(adv.) with respect to history; 'this is historically interesting'.
(adv.) throughout history; 'historically they have never coexisted peacefully'.
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Definition
(adv.) In the manner of, or in accordance with, history.
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Examples
- The quarrel between the representatives of the two interests is easily explicable historically. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Moreover, either New York State or Virginia was historically and legally almost as much a sovereign state as New Zealand or Canada. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Perhaps it is historically true that no order of society ever perished save by its own hand. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Poetry has historically been allied with religion and morals; it has served the purpose of penetrating the mysterious depths of things. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Far more important historically were the experiments and ideas of Robert Owen (1771-1858), a Manchester cotton-spinner. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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