"historically" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-historically.wav [US] Forms: more historically [comparative], most historically [superlative]
Etymology: historical + -ly Etymology templates: {{af|en|historical|-ly}} historical + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} historically (comparative more historically, superlative most historically)
  1. In a historic manner; with reference to history or the historical record. Translations (in a historic manner): historikisht (Albanian), tarixən (Azerbaijani), històricament (Catalan), historicky (Czech), historie (Esperanto), historiquement (French), historicamente (Galician), ისტორიულად (isṭoriulad) (Georgian), storicamente (Italian), 歴史的 (rekishiteki) (Japanese), historisk (Norwegian Bokmål), historisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), historycznie (Polish), historicamente (Portuguese), istoricește (Romanian), истори́чески (istoríčeski) (Russian), históricamente (Spanish), historiskt (Swedish), tarihen (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-historically-en-adv-mW3P31mA Disambiguation of 'in a historic manner': 94 6 0
  2. According to history: formerly, in the past, traditionally. Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-historically-en-adv-7nGk5ERI Disambiguation of Time: 33 67 0
  3. To an unprecedented or extremely rare degree.
    Sense id: en-historically-en-adv-pV5q9AzQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 10 82 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 14 72 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 4 20 75

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