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popularly

adverb as in commonly

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At the time (and until 1913), U.S. senators were not popularly elected but were selected by the state legislature.

The flowers and leaves of this herb are used to make medications and the supplement is popularly used for depression.

Consider that the first popularly elected African-American senator was a Republican, Ed Brooke from Massachusetts, in 1966.

Yevgeniya Chirikova—known popularly as Zhenia—did not jump into politics spontaneously.

The News of the World, popularly known as the Screws, has long struck fear into public figures in Britain.

He was the inventor of Exchequer Bills; and they were popularly called Montague's notes.

Of the one hundred Irish members, eighty-three were popularly returned.

Influenza, called popularly the grippe, is caused by the bacillus influenzae, which was isolated by Pfeiffer in 1891.

Professor Berkley's definition, besides being scientifically exact, is popularly intelligible.

It is popularly known in the United States as "poison sumach," "poison dogwood" and "poison elder."

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to popularly, such as: generally, ordinarily, regularly, usually, and widely.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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