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tribally

tribally

1 7.2
In a way that follows the customs and rules of a small community
  • adverb
  • /ˈtraɪbəli/
translation icon : tribalmente
  • Through their criminal codes, many tribes limit the carrying of concealed weapons, require a tribally issued permit for a concealed weapon, or limit the places where guns may be carried.
  • tribally controlled colleges
  • tribally held land
  • tribally controlled community

Examples

  • The act provided for the division of tribally held land into individual parcels or allotments, to be distributed to enrolled members of each tribe under a twenty-five-year trust arrangement with the federal government.

    Academic text (2002)
  • This reduction in agricultural jobs translates into a reduction in Indian farm operators and further loss in Nez Perce individually owned and tribally owned land.

    Academic text (2005)
  • And so sure, it makes sense that people will think tribally because why not?

  • Being a tribally enrolled member or citizen.

    Blog text (8)
  • One characteristic of many of these colleges is a tribally specific cultural curriculum, including language studies, history, and worldview.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Libya has always been a country more divided, both regionally and tribally, than unified.

    Blog text (5)
  • She makes clear the importance of building and supporting such a tribally specific field school, training, and education program as part of a decolonizing model of archaeological education and practice.

    Academic text (2005)
  • In addition to respecting important values such as trust, reciprocity, self-determination, and long-term commitment, research relationships with Native communities in the United States increasingly require participation in research review processes that are tribally controlled.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Tribally owned land and the net assets it generates empower the Nez Perce Tribe to confront the overwhelming presence of non-Native elite control of the region.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The community came together to celebrate their history and traditions in a tribally significant event.

Synonyms

culturally
vstribally
74 3.7

In a way that is about a group's ideas, customs, or ways of life

is about belonging to a particular small community rather than societywide practices
ethnically
vstribally
24 4.3

Relating to groups of people who share the same culture, language, or family origin

is about smaller, specific community groups rather than broad population identity

How Tribal

tribally
1 7.2
communally
3 4.1
collectively
91 3.6
socially
181 1.6
individually
136 2.5

Surface Forms

tribally positive

Morphology

tribally = tribal (transparent) = tribe + al + ly

Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'tribal', yielding the manner 'in a tribal way' which is directly derivable.

Etymology

Tribally comes from tribe, a word for a 'group' of people who share family, language, or customs. So something done tribally is done 'in the way of a tribe' or for that group's traditions.