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> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Cc: bugs@gnu.support, philipk@posteo.net, spacibba@aol.com,
> 	emacs-devel@gnu.org, torsten@myrkr.in-berlin.de, ams@gnu.org,
> 	dgutov@yandex.ru, jamtlu@gmail.com, eduardoochs@gmail.com
> Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2020 23:45:20 -0400
> 
>   > We have "M-x eww" to go to Wiktionary directly.
> 
> Does using eww imply visiting a web site over the net?

Yes, if the URL is HTTP/HTTPS/FTP.

> My point is that this should work even if you don't have
> a network connection, provided you have a local copy
> of Wiktionary.

EWW is not the solution for that use case.