popularly Definition

popular
adj

1. Liked or enjoyed by most people.

Example: a pastime still popular with the young
Thesaurus: liked, well-liked, favourite, favoured, celebrated, idolized, feted, approved, accepted, sought-after, fashionable, modish, voguish, lionized, in demand.
2. Said of beliefs, etc: accepted by many people.

Example: a popular misconception
Thesaurus: common, general, standard, universal, ubiquitous, prevailing, prevalent, public, stock, trite, widespread, vernacular, vulgar, conventional, household; Antonym: exclusive, unusual.
3. Catering for the tastes and abilities of ordinary people as distinct from specialists, etc.

Example: a popular history of science
4. Said of a person: generally liked and admired.
5. Involving the will or preferences of the public in general.

Example: by popular demand

Derivative: popularity
noun

The fact or state of being liked or enjoyed by most people
Thesaurus: fame, favour, adulation, worship, regard, mass appeal, repute, vogue, acceptance, approval, celebrity, stardom, idolization, glory, recognition, esteem.

Derivative: popularly
adverb

By most people, typically ordinary people
Thesaurus: generally, traditionally, ordinarily, conventionally, usually, universally, widely, regularly, customarily, commonly, in the vernacular, vernacularly, vulgarly.

Etymology: 15c: from Latin popularis, from populus people.