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Definition: Socially |
SociallyAdverb1. By or with respect to society; "socially accepted norms". 2. In a social manner; "socially unpopular". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "socially" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
Crosswords: Socially |
| English words defined with "socially": alienated, anomic, apart, assassinate, at ease, awkward ♦ blue book ♦ constricted, cool, correct ♦ decent, disoriented ♦ etiquette, execute ♦ faux pas ♦ gaffe, gaucherie, get together ♦ ill at ease, ill-mannered, indulgently, isolated ♦ mannerly, meet, melting pot ♦ nice, nonconformist, nonstandard, nouveau-riche ♦ obscure, one of the boys ♦ parvenu, parvenue, personableness, political correctitude, political correctness, political incorrectness, put to death ♦ reconstruct, right, rude ♦ slip, socialite, solecism, sublimation ♦ unconformist, uneasy, unmannered, unmannerly, upstart ♦ well-mannered. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "socially": anti trust legislation ♦ Doctor ♦ Education, Special ♦ feeble-mindedness, Food security ♦ Hunger / Food insecurity ♦ Laughing ♦ oligophrenia ♦ phacker, Pickaxe ♦ Social Desirability, stranded benefits ♦ TEACHER, EMOTIONALLY IMPAIRED, the Co-op. (references) |
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Screenplays | Who is, in her own domestic and socially acceptable way also a drug addict. (Trainspotting; writing credit: Irvine Welsh; John Hodge) Except for socially, you're my role model. (Broadcast News; writing credit: James L. Brooks.) I'm sure Typhoid Mary was a very nice person too when you saw her socially. (The Fly; writing credit: David Cronenberg; George Langelaan) Even Christ would partake socially. (Agnes of God; writing credit: John Pielmeier) Under the current ratings system, it's more socially acceptable to cut off a woman's breast than to kiss it! (Women of the House; writing credit: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason) | |
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Sidney J. Harris | Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting. |
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Health | Asperger syndrome (AS) is a pervasive developmental disorder characterized by an inability to understand how to interact socially. (references) | |
Drooling can cause severe skin irritation and, because it is socially unacceptable, can lead to further isolation of affected children from their peers. (references) | ||
If their sons' language disability seems to prevent them from fitting in socially, the parents of XXY boys may want to ask school officials about a social skills training program. (references) | ||
Business | The company's project in Russia has a status of a socially important project. (references) | |
Within the home, Palestinians tend to allocate resources first on furnishing the most socially prominent areas, i.e. sitting, living, and dining rooms. (references) | ||
Children | Armenia | The Government directed foreign humanitarian aid programs toward the most socially vulnerable families and single-parent families. (references) |
Morocco | Adoptive servitude is accepted socially, is unregulated by the Government, and has only in recent years begun to attract public criticism. (references) | |
Peru | However, in practice the Government devotes little attention and resources to persons with disabilities, and they remain economically and socially marginalized. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Pakistan | While the STN routinely censors those segments considered to be socially or sexually offensive, rarely, if ever, are foreign news stories censored for content. (references) |
China | The nightly news program, Focal Point, frequently ran exposes on corruption or socially relevant stories that resulted in the authorities investigating wrongdoing. (references) | |
Discrimination | Israel and the occupied territories | In the Palestinian territories homosexuals generally are socially marginalized, and occasionally receive physical threats. (references) |
Economic History | Mauritius | Mauritius has long been politically and socially stable. (references) |
Belgium | They exert a strong influence in the country -- politically and socially. (references) | |
Estonia | Economically and socially, land reform in 1919 was the most important step. (references) | |
Human Rights | Colombia | There continued to be incidents of social cleansing--including attacks and killings--directed against individuals deemed socially undesirable, such as drug addicts, prostitutes, transvestites, homosexuals, beggars, and street children. (references) |
Indigenous People | Congo | They usually are considered socially inferior and had little political voice. (references) |
Minorities | Turkey | Proselytizing remains socially unacceptable. (references) |
Political Economy | Sweden | Liberal Party - Supports a socially oriented market economy. (references) |
Poland | UW pursues a mainly socially liberal, pro-free market course. (references) | |
Burundi | The indigenous Twa (Pygmies) remained marginalized economically, socially, and politically. (references) | |
Trade | Vietnam | In practice, socially oriented lending is quite pervasive, and adopting more prudent lending standards will take some time. (references) |
Travel | Portugal | Aggressiveness is not yet keen in marketing because it may be interpreted as socially offensive. (references) |
Japan | Japanese religious practice tends to be socially oriented and selective rather than a matter of deep personal commitment; ethics tend to be situational. (references) | |
Women | Central African Republic | Women are treated as inferior to men both economically and socially. (references) |
Taiwan | Rape also remains a serious problem, and its victims are stigmatized socially. (references) | |
Korea | The country's conservative traditions have left women subordinate to men socially and economically. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Lithuania | Traffickers particularly target the socially most vulnerable groups: Young females from poor, asocial, or unstable families. (references) |
Armenia | Young women and girls from socially vulnerable groups all over Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh are the main targets of traffickers. (references) | |
Czech Republic | The Labor Code stipulates a minimum working age of 15 years, although children who completed courses at special schools (schools for the mentally disabled and socially maladjusted) may work at the age of 14. Employment conditions for children aged 15 to 18 are subject to strict safety standards. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Samantha Geimer | I met him to do a photo shoot. So he had met my mother socially and asked to photograph me, I guess maybe he saw pictures of me or saw me. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Socially" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Socially" is used about 1,523 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 1,523 | 5,364 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "socially": socially acceptable ♦ Socially Appropriate Technology Information System ♦ socially connected ♦ socially conscious ♦ socially responsible business practice. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "socially": socially-aware, socially-based, socially-biased, socially-coded, socially-committed, socially-conscious, socially-constructed, socially-created, socially-embedded, socially-imprinted, socially-induced, socially-minded, socially-orientated, socially-oriented, socially-patterned, socially-recognised, socially-relevant, socially-responsible, socially-shared, socially-structured, socially-unacceptable, socially-valued, socially-very-much-in-demand. | |
Ending with "socially": anti-socially. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "socially"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shoqërisht (companionably), në marrëdhënie shoqërore. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إجتماعيا. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | социално, обществено. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 社会上. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ve spoleènosti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | socialt svag (asocial, socially deteriorated), socialt ansvarlige former for turisme (socially responsible tourism), fugl,der yngler i kolonier (colonially nesting bird, socially breeding bird), EF-handlingsprogram på mellemlangt sigt for økonomisk og social integration af de økonomisk og socialt dårligt stillede befolkningsgrupper (Medium-term Community action programme concerning the economic and social integration of the economically and socially less privileged groups in society), Det Rådgivende Udvalg for Økonomisk og Social Integration af de Økonomisk og Socialt Dårligt Stillede Befolkningsgrupper (Advisory Committee on Economic and Social Integration of the Economically and Socially Less Privileged Groups in Society). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Socially Appropriate Technology Information System (Socially Appropriate Technology Information System), sociaal verantwoorde vormen van toerisme (socially responsible tourism), Raadgevend Comité voor economische en maatschappelijke integratie van groepen economisch en sociaal kansarmen (Advisory Committee on Economic and Social Integration of the Economically and Socially Less Privileged Groups in Society), MVO (business with a social conscience, socially responsible business practice), maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen (business with a social conscience, corporate social responsibility, socially responsible business practice), maatschappelijk ondernemenschap (business with a social conscience, socially responsible business practice), maatschappelijk betrokken onderneming (socially responsible company), koloniebroedvogel (colonially nesting bird, socially breeding bird), Instituut voor Maatschappelijk Gericht Onderzoek (Institute for socially useful research), IMGO (Institute for socially useful research), Communautair actieprogramma op middellange termijn betreffende de economische en maatschappelijke integratie van groepen economisch en sociaal kansarmen (Medium-term Community action programme concerning the economic and social integration of the economically and socially less privileged groups in society), asociaal (antisocial, unsocial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sosiaalisesti vastuullinen yritys (socially responsible company). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | socialement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | sozial (public-spirited, social, socially conscious), privat (home, in private, independent, personal, private, privately), gesellschaftlich (commercially, social, societal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κοινωνικά. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | társadalmilag. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | spazio sociale comunitario (a socially integrated Europe, European social area), uccello nidificante in colonie (colonially nesting bird, socially breeding bird), turismo socialmente responsabile (socially responsible tourism), Programma di azione a medio termine della Comunit per l'integrazione economica e sociale delle categorie di persone economicamente e socialmente disagiate (Medium-term Community action programme concerning the economic and social integration of the economically and socially less privileged groups in society), dimensione sociale europea (a socially integrated Europe, European social area), Comitato consultivo per l'integrazione economica e sociale delle categorie di persone economicamente e socialmente disagiate (Advisory Committee on Economic and Social Integration of the Economically and Socially Less Privileged Groups in Society), asociali (asocial, socially deteriorated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 汚れ役 (socially undesirable characters). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | よ"れやく (socially undesirable characters). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 사회 으로. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ociallysay socialmente. (various references) socialmente. (various references) в обществе, неофициально (off the record). (various references) društveno. (various references) socialmente. (various references) класово, в соціальному відношенні, неофіційно (officiously, offstage). (various references) chung cho xã hội với tính chất xã hội. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words ending with "socially": antisocially, biosocially, psychosocially, unsocially. (additional references) | |
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"Socially" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Schally, Soziale, stocially. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "socially" (pronounced sō"shulē) |
| 4 | -sh u l ē | artificially, beneficially, commercially, confidentially, essentially, exponentially, financially, impartially, initially, judicially, officially, partially, potentially, provincially, racially, specially, substantially, unofficially. |
| 3 | -u l ē | abnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, conceptually, conditionally, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, lawfully, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, parenthetically, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-l-l-o-s-y" | |
-2 letters: aliyos, alloys, cosily, lacily, lilacs, locals, scilla, social. | |
-3 letters: acyls, alloy, calls, calos, clays, cloys, coals, coaly, coils, colas, colly, laics, lilac, local, loyal, ollas, salic, sally, salol, scall, scaly, silly, slily, yills. | |
-4 letters: acyl, ails, alls, ally, also, asci, call, calo, cays, ciao, clay, cloy, coal, coil, cola, cols, coly, cosy, coys. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-l-l-o-s-y" | |
+1 letter: callosity, sonically, stoically. | |
+2 letters: cosmically, mosaically, societally, symbolical, unsocially. | |
+3 letters: biosocially, callipygous, crystalloid, episcopally, maliciously, nonsyllabic, oscillatory, osmotically, plasmolytic, prosaically, salaciously, sectionally, somatically. | |
+4 letters: acoustically, acrostically, amoxycillins, antisocially, aoristically, calamitously, calumniously, chivalrously, cosmetically, crystalloids, despotically, domestically, egoistically, episodically, esoterically, fallaciously, forensically, geosynclinal, hellaciously, historically, holistically, inconsolably, isochronally, isotonically, isotopically, lasciviously, logistically, loquaciously, miraculously, monastically, monosyllabic, myeloblastic, occasionally, octosyllabic, polysyllabic, prosodically, sardonically, simoniacally, sporadically, subsonically, symbolically, synoptically. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6F 63 69 61 6C 6C 79 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... --- -.-. .. .- .-.. .-.. -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101111 01100011 01101001 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S o c i a l l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006F 0063 0069 0061 006C 006C 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5381697567787891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Quotations: Spoken 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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