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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb Without being connected to utility systems, such as those providing electricity and piped water.

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  • adjective business Not using electricity from the public electrical supply system.
  • adjective Not connected to a publicly available communication system, such as the world-wide web or a mobile telephone network.
  • adjective idiomatic Isolated; in a remote location; in seclusion; not participating in some official process or system.
  • adverb In or into a situation or place in which electricity from the public electricity system is not used.
  • adverb idiomatic In or into a clandestine or isolated situation or place, especially one in which public communication is curtailed.
  • adverb idiomatic Secretly; in a clandestine manner.

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