popularly

adv — 3 senses

popularly

adv

Etymology From popular + -ly.

› In a popular manner.

1

So as to be generally favored or accepted by the people.

2

commonly

  • They were popularly known as "the Kings of California"
  • Officially the Nordland Railway begins at Hell, but popularly the whole route north of Trondheim is so called.1957 August 23, H. A. Vallance, “By Rail to the Norwegian Arctic”, in Railway Magazine, page 571:
1 more example
  • [T]he Oligocene's signature species were an unsavoury group of pigs and pig-like creatures, foremost among which were the entelodonts, more popularly known as hell pigs, or terminator pigs.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 85:
3

currently

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