socially

American  

[soh-shuh-lee] / ˈsoʊ ʃə li /

adverb

1. in the friendly company of others; in a genial or gregarious manner.

   We met through mutual friends who gather socially several times a month.

2. in a manner that relates to human society and its configuration as a community.

   Her art strives to be both beautifully evocative and socially responsible.

3. in a manner that relates to the division of human society into classes according to status.

   Socially and economically, these children are repressed by disadvantages we cannot imagine.

4. with attention or regard to rules about behavior.

   In my day, carousing on a Sunday was socially unacceptable.

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Other Word Forms

• nonsocially adverb
• unsocially adverb

Etymology

Origin of socially

First recorded in 1610–30; social ( def. ) + -ly ( def. )

Example Sentences

With Mo being a creative producer and manager, and Banoffee being a musician and producer, their jobs can be socially demanding.

From Los Angeles Times

More recently, stock pickers touted their unique abilities to pick socially responsible companies.

From The Wall Street Journal

But too few realize extraordinary advances that defy the market’s typical behavior—let’s call them “socially acceptable volatility”—are suspect.

From Barron's

“So I was never in the room with him socially, for business or even philanthropy. That guy was there, I wasn’t going because he’s gross.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The result, as one of my favorite socially critical musicians, Jim Carroll, told us, is that “Nothing is true. Everything is permitted.”

From Salon

Related Words

• culturally
• philosophically
• politically
• psychologically