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secularmente

secularly

adverb seh-koo-lahr-MEN-teh Rare
Time

Also means

for centuries

Usage Note

Secularmente has two overlapping senses: it can mean 'in a secular (non-religious) manner', but in practice it more often means 'over centuries' or 'from time immemorial' — as in una tradición secularmente arraigada (a centuries-old tradition). Learners should not assume the purely anti-religious sense; the temporal sense ('across generations') is frequently intended.

Examples

"El pueblo secularmente ha resistido los cambios."

Natural Translation

The town has resisted change for centuries.

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