# historically

Pronunciation: US say "hi-STOR-ik-lee" /hɪˈstɔɹɪkli/; UK say "hi-STO-rik-lee" /hɪˈstɒɹɪkli/

## Adverb

1. In the past or by long tradition, as history shows.
   - Simple: In the past, or the way things have usually been for a long time.
   - _Historically, the region's economy depended on fishing and timber._
   - _She teaches at a historically black university in the South._
2. In a way that relates to history or the historical record, or in a manner that is historic.
   - Simple: In a way that has to do with history and the records of the past.
   - _Few scholars doubt that the king existed historically, though most of the legends about him are invented._
   - _The novel is historically important as one of the first to describe factory life._
3. To a degree that is unprecedented or extremely rare.
   - Simple: To a level never or almost never seen before.
   - _Mortgage rates stayed historically low for most of the decade._
   - _Critics called it a historically corrupt administration, unlike anything the country had seen._

## Origin

Formed from historical + -ly, or from historic + -ally.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/historically (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).