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ETHNICALLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ethnically mean?
• ETHNICALLY (adverb)
The adverb ETHNICALLY has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: ETHNICALLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
With respect to ethnicity
Context example:
the neighborhood is ethnically diverse
Pertainym:
ethnic (denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people)
Context examples
The team enrolled more than 1,000 ethnically diverse women (75% minority) who were diagnosed with gestational diabetes.
(Breastfeeding may help prevent type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes, NIH)
This study of ethnically diverse populations in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Botswana has shed light on regions of the genome not previously associated with skin color.
(New regions of the human genome linked to skin color variation in some African populations, National Institutes of Health)
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