domestically

American  

[duh-me-stik-uh-lee, -tik-lee] / dəˈmɛ stɪk ə li, -tɪk li /

adverb

1. within or with respect to the home.

2. with respect to a country or region's internal affairs.

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Explanation

Use the adverb domestically to describe things that happen at home or in a home country. You might be very organized at school or work, but a total mess domestically. Domestically comes from the Latin domesticus, "belonging to the household," and the root domus, "house." The word was first used in the 16th century to mean "inside one's own country" and later came to refer to home life as well. When products are produced domestically, they're made and sold in the same nation, and a Hollywood movie that takes in $10 million domestically earns that amount from tickets sold in the U.S.

Example Sentences

That might happen in Chicago, or in Los Angeles, where Kanye West recently tried to domestically launch his comeback tour with two performances at SoFi Stadium.

From Salon • May 14, 2026

Another 40% is domestically produced and the remainder comes from other regions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

India is also reported to be readying a test-fire of the latest model of the domestically developed ballistic Agni missile -- meaning "fire" in Sanskrit -- capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

The remarks and the expansion abroad for Live Nation come amid deeper antitrust issues for the company domestically.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

Looking back over the full sweep of American history, one would be hard-pressed to discover a presidency more dominated by a single foreign policy problem and simultaneously more divided domestically over how to solve it.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis