socially

UK: /ˈsəʊʃ^əli/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

so•cial /ˈsoʊʃəl/   adj. 

1. Sociology of or relating to friendly companionship or relations:
   a social club.
2. Sociology friendly or sociable:
   a social personality.
3. Sociology living in companionship with others rather than in isolation:
   Humans are social animals.
4. Sociology of or relating to human society, esp. when it is divided into classes according to status:
   [often: before a noun] the social classes of the Middle Ages in Europe.

n. [countable]

5. a social gathering esp. of or given by an organized group:
   a church social.

so•cial•ly, adv. See -soc-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

so•cial  (sō′shəl), adj. 

1. Sociology pertaining to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations:
   a social club.
2. Sociology seeking or enjoying the companionship of others;
   friendly;
   sociable;
   gregarious.
3. Sociology of, pertaining to, connected with, or suited to polite or fashionable society:
   a social event.
4. Sociology living or disposed to live in companionship with others or in a community, rather than in isolation:
   People are social beings.
5. Sociology of or pertaining to human society, esp. as a body divided into classes according to status:
   social rank.
6. Sociology involved in many social activities:
   We're so busy working, we have to be a little less social now.
7. Sociology of or pertaining to the life, welfare, and relations of human beings in a community:
   social problems.
8. Sociology noting or pertaining to activities designed to remedy or alleviate certain unfavorable conditions of life in a community, esp. among the poor.
9. Sociology pertaining to or advocating socialism.
10. Zoology living habitually together in communities, as bees or ants. Cf. solitary (def. 8).
11. Botany growing in patches or clumps.
12. Sociology, Slang Terms [Rare.] occurring or taking place between allies or confederates.

n. 

13. a social gathering or party, esp. of or as given by an organized group:
    a church social.

• Latin sociālis, equivalent. to soci(us) partner, comrade + -ālis -al¹
• 1555–65

so′cial•ly, adv. 
so′cial•ness, n.