locally
Americanadverb
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in a particular place, area, location, etc.
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with regard to place.
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in a local area; nearby.
Not much interest is taken in the chess tournament locally.
adverb
Etymology
Origin of locally
First recorded in 1400–50, locally is from the late Middle English word localliche. See local, -ly
Example Sentences
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The 1-bit technology enables AI to run locally on consumer devices and industrial-edge devices, boosting data center efficiency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
So acute was the situation that Albuquerque had a neighborhood, the International District, a rival to Los Angeles’ Skid Row or San Francisco’s Tenderloin, that was locally called the War Zone.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
The new Anthropic feature can run locally on a device, like the open-source agent OpenClaw.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026
Conservative MP for Windsor in Berkshire, Jack Rankin, whose constituency is close to the airport said: "Fundamentally, I do not believe that there is space in our infrastructure locally."
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
The brain processes pitch information both locally and globally, where local music refers to the intervals between pitches, while global processing refers to the entire contour of the melody.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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