domestically

1. 1.

   with respect to the internal affairs of a government

   “domestically, the president proposes a more moderate economic policy”
2. 2.

   with respect to home or family

   “the housewife bored us with her domestically limited conversation”

Questions about domestically

What does domestically mean?

domestically means "with respect to the internal affairs of a government". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in domestically?

domestically has 4 syllables: dome-stic-al-ly. The stress falls on "stic". In IPA it is /dəˈmɛstɪkli/.

Is domestically a common word?

domestically is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.