"historically" meaning in All languages combined

See historically on Wiktionary

Adverb [English]

IPA: /hɪˈstɒrɪkəli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-historically.wav [US]
Etymology: historic + -ally Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|historic|ally}} historic + -ally
  1. If something is historically true, it relates to history or past events.
    Sense id: simple-historically-en-adv-tVmGKos8
  2. If something has happened over a long period of time or in the past, it is historically true.
    Sense id: simple-historically-en-adv-~9rwkCuY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ally
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