- in the friendly company of others; in a genial or gregarious manner: We met through mutual friends who gather socially several times a month.
- in a manner that relates to human society and its configuration as a community: Her art strives to be both beautifully evocative and socially responsible.
- in a manner that relates to the division of human society into classes according to status: Socially and economically, these children are repressed by disadvantages we cannot imagine.
- with attention or regard to rules about behavior: In my day, carousing on a Sunday was socially unacceptable.