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municipally

municipally

1 6.4
By the local government
  • adverb
  • /mjuːˈnɪsɪpəli/
: municipalmente
  • Municipally collected yard trimmings are taken to different transfer sites in the city that are operated by private contractors.
  • municipally owned
  • municipally operated
  • municipally imposed

Examples

  • Collection is mandatory in areas with more than 1,000 inhabitants, both for environmental and sanitary reasons and because municipally organized collection is believed to be the most efficient economically.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The municipally maintained library offers a wide range of resources for the community.

  • The land had been municipally approved for a housing development.

    Academic text (2009)
  • The town was fortunate in having a good source of clean water in a municipally owned lake.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Emergency response planning is municipally based, but the health region must develop an overall regional response plan to integrate all provincial health authorities.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Although municipally operated sites still dominate the scene, private firms have played an increasingly large role.

    Academic text (1997)
  • However, if your organization is municipally owned, you may have to invite the press because a CAG meeting may be considered a "public meeting."

    Academic text (1997)
  • The City of Des Moines, Iowa, has one of the largest municipally operated yard trimmings composting sites in the state.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The remaining composting facilities are described as public/private partnerships, cooperatively developed and municipally operated, or as a partnership between a private nonprofit foundation and the public.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Of the nearly six million tons reported by the city, 479,000 tons were municipally collected and 4,664,400 tons were collected by private haulers and processed at transfer stations in the city.

    Academic text (2001)

Synonyms

locally
vsmunicipally
123 1.4

In a particular area or community rather than in the whole country

relates to actions run or managed by town or city authorities

How Local

locally
123 1.4
municipally
1 6.4
provincially
1 6.7
regionally
9 4.0
nationally
157 3.0

Surface Forms

municipally positive

Morphology

municipally = municipal (transparent) = municipal + ly

Derived regularly from the adjective 'municipal' with the productive adverbial suffix '-ly', so the meaning is directly predictable.

Etymology

Municipally comes from municipal, a word built from an old word for a 'town' and its local government, and you can see the same idea in municipality. So, when something is done municipally, it is done by the town or city government for local people.