locally

In or from the area near a particular place.

• We buy our food locally.
• Most of the vegetables were grown locally.
• Is this cheese made locally?

Similar words: nearby, in the area

Common phrases: grown locally, buy locally, available locally

On or in one small part of the body.

• Apply the cream locally.
• The medicine acts locally on the skin.
• The affected area was treated locally with an ointment.

Opposites: systemically

Common phrases: apply locally, act locally, treated locally

In terms of where something is physically placed.

• The two groups were locally separated.
• These parts are locally distinct but serve the same purpose.
• The records describe how the buildings were locally arranged.

Similar words: spatially

Common phrases: locally separated, locally distinct, locally connected