popularly
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
popular/ˈpɒpjələ(r)/
▶adjective
- 1 liked or admired by many or by a particular person or group.
- 2 intended for or suited to the taste or means of the general public.
■ (of a belief or attitude) widely held among the general public.
- 3 (of political activity) of or carried on by the people as a whole.
– derivatives
popularism noun,
popularity noun,
popularly adverb.
popularism noun,
popularity noun,
popularly adverb.
– origin ME: from L. popularis, from populus ‘people’.
'popularly' also found in these Oxford entries:
birthstone
- Christ's thorn
- chupacabra
- cynic
- fairy ring
- gastric flu
- legend
- muscular Christianity
- popular
- Teutonic
- UFO

