Historically

adverb

Word Frequency: 9.8

Definitions

1.adverbIn a historic manner; with reference to history or the historical record.

"Historically speaking, this company has always collected payment before starting work."

2.adverbAccording to history: formerly, in the past, traditionally.

"Historically, this company collected payment before starting work."

3.adverbTo an unprecedented or extremely rare degree.

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