MUNICIPALLY

municipally

(adverb) by municipality; “municipally funded”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

municipally (not comparable)

In a municipal manner.

Source: Wiktionary


Mu*nic"i*pal*ly, adv.

Definition: In a municipal relation or condition.

MUNICIPAL

Mu*nic"i*pal, a. Etym: [L. municipalis, fr. municipium a town, particularly in Italy, which possessed the right of Roman citizenship, but was governed by its own laws, a free town, fr. municeps an inhabitant of a free town, a free citizen; munia official duties, functions + capere to take: cf. F. municipal. Cf. Immunity, and Capacoius.]

1. Of or pertaining to a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government; as, municipal rights; municipal officers.

2. Of or pertaining to a state, kingdom, or nation. Municipal law is properly defined to be a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state. Blackstone.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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