democratically
Americanadverb
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in a way that is democratic, equitable, or free.
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in a way that follows the principles of democracy.
Example Sentences
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The patch of bus-stop snow that’s turned the color of weak coffee, shared democratically with a pack of teenage boys wearing basketball shorts under their puffer coats.
From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026
Aged between 28 and 69, the group included democratically elected lawmakers and district councillors, as well as unionists, academics and others ranging from modest reformists to radical localists.
From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026
Mandela became South Africa's first democratically elected president in 1994.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
After decades of repression, the nation democratically elected Juan José Arévalo and then Jacobo Árbenz, under whom, in 1952, Guatemala implemented a land reform program that gave landless farmworkers their own undeveloped plots.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026
I told the crowd that we one day would occupy these buildings as the first democratically elected government of South Africa.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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