Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In relation to domestic affairs.
  • Privately; as one of a family.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a domestic manner; privately; with reference to domestic affairs.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a domestic manner
  • adverb sports at home, playing in one's home ground

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb with respect to the internal affairs of a government
  • adverb with respect to home or family

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Examples

  • StudioCanal will release the title domestically on July 22 and manage international sales.

    Cineuropa 2009

  • In fact I would love for someone to explain why the prospect of falling prices domestically is such a four star economic deflation catastrophe, but falling prices for overseas buyers is a sure way to boost activity in our export industries.

    Matthew Yglesias » Stepping on the Monetary Gas Pedal 2010

  • An official at the Chinese ministry to the EU in Brussels said Beijing's aim in requiring bidders for public contracts to be registered domestically is to spur technology advances the same way the U. S and the EU did by subsidizing airplane makers like Boeing Corp. and Airbus.

    EU Pushes China to Open Bidding John W. Miller 2010

  • β€œIt always feels good to win domestically, but next weekend is the gauge of where I am internationally.”

    Katie Compton completes Ohio sweep 2010

  • Until someone has a better plan for the short term, drilling domestically is A key to our energy independence.

    Environmentalists critical of Obama drilling plan 2010

  • Maybe the interest rate you pay domestically is greater than the interest rates on the reserves.

    Interview Transcript: Stanley Fischer 2010

  • Former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski on the neocons 'goal with Iran: Referring to those who are criticizing Obama for not being tougher, One of the paradoxes here domestically is that many of the people who call for the most energetic involvement by Obama in the process, they simply would prefer to have an American-Iranian showdown.

    What They Really Want 2009

  • The only way to fund the programs that will needed to be funded domestically is by reducing expenditures on occupation of friendly countries -- and wars against unfriendly ones.

    Latest Column - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

  • This lack of a role domestically is why such great prominence is given to the rest of the world where the focus of Liberal attention has drifted.

    Vote Clegg Get Brown Newmania 2008

  • As much as I want it to beat out Tit (antic), 600 million domestically is quite an achievement.

    The Dark Knight Kicks The Mummy's Ass - Headed for $480 Million! « FirstShowing.net 2008

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