historically
adverb
his·tor·i·cal·ly
hi-ˈstȯr-i-k(ə-)lē 
-ˈstär-
1
: in accordance with or with respect to history
a historically accurate account
2
: in the past
Historically, stagnant cities seldom have recovered …—
Jane Jacobs
Jane JacobsExamples of historically in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Google endured several embarrassing product debuts, when its Bard chatbot and then its successor Gemini models got facts wrong, recommended glue as a pizza topping, and generated images of historically anachronistic Black Nazis.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2026
In a city full of historically significant sites tied to the founding of the United States, what did one little street in a working-class waterfront neighborhood matter?
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 14 Jan. 2026
Yet Iran is also deeply nationalistic, and even among the remaining 80 percent, support for foreign military intervention has historically been uncertain.
—Kay Armin Serjoie, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
Nzinga Shaw was named Monday as the interim president of Morris Brown College, the historically Black college in Atlanta.
—Ajc Staff Report, AJC.com, 14 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for historically
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2026
In a city full of historically significant sites tied to the founding of the United States, what did one little street in a working-class waterfront neighborhood matter?
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 14 Jan. 2026
Yet Iran is also deeply nationalistic, and even among the remaining 80 percent, support for foreign military intervention has historically been uncertain.
—Kay Armin Serjoie, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
Nzinga Shaw was named Monday as the interim president of Morris Brown College, the historically Black college in Atlanta.
—Ajc Staff Report, AJC.com, 14 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for historically
Cite this Entry
“Historically.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/historically. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
