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communally

communally

3 4.1
In a way that a group of people share or use something together
  • adverb
  • /kəˈmjunəli/
translation icon : comunalmente
  • Everything was owned communally except the llamas.
  • communally owned land
  • live communally
  • communally owned property

Everything was owned communally except the llamas.

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Examples

  • In this setting, risks are reduced significantly because he is not living communally.

    Academic text (2011)
  • But that claim amounts more to a communally shared vision than to a report on classroom events

    Academic text (2002)
  • And their ability to work together communally.

  • All property was communally owned except for a few personal belongings.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Revenue potential was greatest from these resources if they were managed and exploited communally.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The settlers cooked communally in one building but ate separately in their own rooms.

    Academic text (2006)
  • There's something miraculous about a system of this kind, a communally agreed upon system.

  • The sockeye stream wasn't owned by any individual; rather, the entire clan owned it communally.

    Academic text (2009)
  • The Pueblos live in the rock and adobe villages, often tending communally owned fields.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • The neighbors worked communally to build the community garden.

Synonyms

together
vscommunally
1.0

With other people to do something as a group

stresses community life and common property rather than mere cooperation
collectively
vscommunally
91 3.6

All act together as a group

emphasizes community ownership and common use rather than mere shared action
as a group
vscommunally
72 2.3

Together, all people act or decide as one

highlights shared community responsibility rather than separate individual effort
jointly
vscommunally
39 3.5

Together with other people or groups to do something

is about community sharing and common ownership rather than mere shared effort
en masse
vscommunally
24 5.6

All people in a group do the same thing at the same time

focuses on ongoing shared life rather than all people acting at once
cooperatively
vscommunally
7 3.3

By working together to reach a common goal

focuses on community ownership and living rather than deliberate task collaboration
collaboratively
vscommunally
7 4.2

In a way that people work together to reach the same goal

emphasizes community belonging and shared life rather than specific planned projects
en bloc
vscommunally
1 8.3

All together as one group without dividing

applies to shared use and belonging rather than formal single unit treatment
concertedly
vscommunally
1 6.2

Together with other people in a planned way

means living and sharing within a community not mainly planned coordination
coactively
vscommunally
  • Specialized
6.8

By working together with other people to reach a common goal

focuses on community-based sharing and common use not just combined effort

Antonyms

136 2.5

Happening one at a time and not with others

How Communal

communally
3 4.1
jointly
39 3.5
together
1.0
individually
136 2.5

Surface Forms

communally positive

Morphology

communally = communal (transparent) = communal + ly

Standard adverb formation from the adjective 'communal' using '-ly', so the meaning 'in a communal manner' is directly derived.

Etymology

Communally comes from the same root as community and common, which means 'shared' or 'together'. So, to do something communally is to do it shared by a group rather than by one person.