democratically
In a democratic way; according to the principles of democracy.
Adverb
- In a democratic way; according to the principles of democracy.
- a democratically elected leader
- [T]hey ſee that they vvere not ſummoned ariſtocratically to a ſenate houſe of lords and great States, but invited democratically and after a popular manner to ſupper, vvhere the pooreſt may take his place vvith the...
- Nor are thoſe Provinces vvhich are in ſubjection to a Democracie, or Ariſtocracie of another Common-vvealth, Democratically, or Ariſtocratically governed, but Monarchically. - 1651, Thomas Hobbes, “Of the Severall Kinds...
Antonyms: nondemocratically undemocratically
Origin
Partly from democratical + -ly (suffix forming adverbs), and from democratic + -ally (variant of -ly), modelled after Middle French democratiquement (modern French démocratiquement).