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residentially

residentially

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In a way that relates to homes or places where people live
  • adverb
  • /ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəli/
translation icon : residencialmente
  • Yet, where possible, most individuals tend to cluster residentially with those with whom they are most familiar or with whom they have been associated by ties of kinship or other networks of association.
  • residentially dispersed
  • residentially based

And I interviewed a psychiatrist from Great Britain and they routinely refer people into treatment where they are residentially kept for months to years.

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Examples

  • After the new zoning laws were introduced, the town became more residentially attractive to potential buyers.

  • As Gumprecht (2003) noted, students and permanent residents of college towns often separate themselves residentially.

    Academic text (2018)
  • These opinions were common to candidates who trained residentially and on courses.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Although highly concentrated residentially in Flushing, Korean entrepreneurs can be found in all business districts of New York City.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Asian Indians are residentially dispersed throughout the metroplex.

    Academic text (2005)
  • According to every realtor in town to whom I've spoken, property values will increase both residentially and commercially.

    Blog text (8)
  • That is, villagers do not tend to marry those either genealogically or residentially closest to them.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Auckland's Asian population grew by 81,628 persons—55 percent—between 2001 and 2006, and it became much more clustered residentially.

    Academic text (2008)
  • In short, the DFW Hindu temple is a place for a large segment of the residentially dispersed Indian immigrant population to gather at least once a week and share a common Hindu identity that transcends the regional religious diversity brought from India.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Many neighborhoods are designed residentially to accommodate families in single-family homes.

Surface Forms

residentially positive

Morphology

residentially = residential (transparent) = residential + ly

The adverb is formed by the regular addition of '-ly' to the adjective 'residential', a standard and transparent process.

Etymology

Residentially comes from reside ('to live') and residence ('home'), as in resident. So, to do something residentially is to do it in a way that relates to homes or where people live.