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

The film, which had a production budget of less than $1 million, has now grossed $104.7 million domestically for a global total of $148 million.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

Comparable sales rose 2% year-over-year, above the company’s outlook, with increases of 1.8% domestically and 4.7% internationally.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

It’s also a time when many Americans hit the road, with AAA predicting a record-setting 45 million people traveling domestically.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

A stronger yen could bolster confidence domestically, encouraging Japanese households to invest more at home.

From Barron's • May 20, 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