Link Centre Dictionary

democratically

de·moc·ra·tically

UK/ˌdɛməˈkɹætɪkli/ US/ˌdɛməˈkɹætəkli/ rare

adverb

1.

in a democratic manner; based on democratic principles

  • “it was decided democratically”
  • “democratically elected government”

Origin

Partly from democratical + -ly (suffix forming adverbs), and from democratic + -ally (variant of -ly), modelled after Middle French democratiquement (modern French démocratiquement).

Related words

Pertaining to

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.