POPULARLY Definition & Meaning

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popularly

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adverb

by the people as a whole; generally; widely:
a fictitious story popularly accepted as true.
for popular taste; for the general masses of people:
He writes popularly on many subjects.

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adverb

by the public as a whole; generally or widely
usually; commonly
his full name is Robert, but he is popularly known as Bob
in a popular manner

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of popularly¹

First recorded in 1570–80; popular + -ly

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Many public artworks in Dublin are popularly referred to by rhyming nicknames and for years, the Molly Malone statue was known as "the tart with the cart".

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He is serving as a policy advisor while his Department of Government Efficiency, popularly know as DOGE, scours the federal bureaucracy for $1 trillion in savings.

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But the church, more popularly known as the "Moonies", argued that the donations were part of legitimate religious activities.

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In today’s depressing consequence, the show embodies another popularly used phrase: “Shocked but not surprised.”

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Musk, the billionaire chief executive of Tesla, has been tasked by US President Trump to oversee the Department of Government Efficiency, more popularly known as Doge.

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