Definition

1. Adverb:
   • In relation to the home or family: Pertaining to matters inside a household or to family life.
   • In relation to a country's internal affairs: Concerning the internal, national matters of a country, as opposed to its foreign affairs.

Usage Examples

• In relation to home or family:

  • She managed the household domestically and efficiently.
  • The appliance is designed for domestically oriented tasks.

• In relation to a country's internal affairs:

  • The new policy was popular domestically but criticized internationally.
  • The company's products are successful both domestically and abroad.

Advanced Usage

• "to focus domestically": to concentrate efforts or attention on internal/national matters.
  • After the trade dispute, the government began to focus more domestically.
• "domestically produced": referring to goods made within one's own country.
  • The campaign encouraged consumers to buy domestically produced food.

Variants and Related Words

• Domestic (adjective):
  • Relating to the home, family, or household. (e.g., domestic chores)
  • Existing or occurring inside a particular country; not foreign. (e.g., domestic flights)
• Domesticate (verb): To tame an animal or to adapt a plant for human use.
• Domesticity (noun): Home or family life.

Synonyms

• Nationally: Within or concerning a single nation.
• Internally: With respect to a country's own affairs.
• At home: Within one's own country (informal for the political sense); also literally within the household.

Antonyms

• Internationally: Concerning relations between nations.
• Globally: Throughout the world; on a worldwide scale.
• Abroad: In or to a foreign country.

Adverb

1. with respect to home or family
   • the housewife bored us with her domestically limited conversation
2. with respect to the internal affairs of a government
   • domestically, the president proposes a more moderate economic policy