adverb

• 1With reference to past events.

  ‘a historically accurate picture of the time’

  More example sentences

  • ‘More competent players can pit their wits against the masters of the past in historically accurate face-offs.’
  • ‘Perhaps inspiration derives from current events, so that historically turbulent times would be more rich.’
  • ‘I'm not so sure about the differences between the two events, historically or culturally.’
  • ‘Each sketch is an individual work of art and represents a historically accurate reflection of a time past.’
  • ‘Every costume, battle and death has to be carefully scripted and planned in order for the day to be historically accurate.’
  • ‘It might not have been historically accurate, but it was spectacular.’
  • ‘The guides boast that they have done a lot of serious research, and suggest the talk they give is historically accurate.’
  • ‘Although this book is historically accurate, it is not a history book.’
  • ‘I have read up other sources too and have tried to be as historically accurate as possible.’
  • ‘How historically accurate is the game with respect to the sides and the actual events of the war?’
  • ‘Our two countries are bound together historically by common values and experience.’
  • ‘Inland flooding in turn is historically the largest cause of loss of life in Hurricane events.’
  • ‘The general tendency historically has been to drain wetlands and convert them to dry land if they got in the way.’
  • ‘Treaties and custom have historically been the main methods of creating binding international law.’
  • ‘Third, race historically played a key role in southern politics in general and criminal justice in particular.’
  • ‘Other health benefits historically ascribed to wine were unproven and mostly optimistic.’
  • ‘This may be because the area has generally low levels of deprivation and historically low death rates.’
  • ‘Nanaimo has historically made headlines on the basis of its lucrative coal and fishing industries.’
  • ‘Having said that, they also have historically built up their army for land defense.’
  • ‘You don't really want a word that people have historically used to exclude you anyway.’

  Synonyms

  normally, generally, habitually, customarily, standardly, routinely, regularly, typically, ordinarily, commonly, conventionally, traditionally, historically

  1. 1.1sentence adverb In the past.
     ‘historically, government policy has favoured urban dwellers’
     More example sentences

     • ‘Oral tradition is helpful, historically, but it's weaker than other forms of evidence.’
     • ‘However, historically, audit offices have their origins in the integrity function.’
     • ‘However, the good people of Britain must realise that, historically, it can take up to two years to mobilise them.’
     • ‘The visual style, intellectually a bit feeble, was, historically, surprisingly robust.’