popularly
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Britannica Dictionary definition of POPULARLY
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by many people or most people
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a popularly held belief
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The polygraph machine is more popularly [=commonly] known as a “lie detector.”
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by being chosen or voted for by most of the people
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He was the country's first popularly elected leader. [=the country's first leader who was chosen in an election rather than in some other way]
