Pronunciations (8)
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/ˌdɛməˈkɹætɪkli/
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/ˌdɛməˈkɹætəkli/
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- Canada
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/ˌdɛməˈkɹætəkəli/
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- Canada
- General-American
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/ˌdeməˈkɹætəkli/
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[ˌdeməˈkɹæɾəkli]
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/ˌdeməˈkɹɛtəkli/
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[ˌdeməˈkɹɛɾəkli]
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dɛməˈkɹætɪkəli
Adverb
In a democratic way; according to the principles of democracy.
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a democratically elected leader
More examples (3)
[T]hey ſee that they vvere not ſummoned ariſtocratically to a ſenate houſe of lords and great States, but invited democratically and after a popular manner to ſupper, vvhere the pooreſt may take his place vvith the richeſt, like as in the ſtate of a citie and common-vvealth, called Democratie.
Nor are thoſe Provinces vvhich are in ſubjection to a Democracie, or Ariſtocracie of another Common-vvealth, Democratically, or Ariſtocratically governed, but Monarchically.
He was not happy in the social changes of thirty years. Three decades ago, Dr. Westlake, Julius Flickerbaugh the lawyer, Merriman Peedy the Congregational pastor and himself had been the arbiters. That was as it should be; the fine arts—medicine, law, religion, and finance—recognized as aristocratic: four Yankees democratically chatting with but ruling the Ohioans and Illini and Swedes and Germans who had ventured to follow them.
Adverb
in a democratic manner; based on democratic principles
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it was decided democratically
democratically elected government