preferably
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom preferable + -ly.
Pronunciation
editIPA(key): /ˈpɹɛfɹəˌbli/, /pɹəˈfɜːɹəˌbli/
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Adverb
editpreferably (comparative more preferably, superlative most preferably)
- In preference; by choice; in a preferable manner.
- 2000, Karel Kulp, Handbook of Cereal Science and Technology, Revised and Expanded, page 48:
- The nondegerming system grinds corn, preferably white dent corn, into meal with little, if any, separation of germ.
- 2007 May 27, Douglas Martin, “Kawika Kapahulehua Dies; Hawaiian Seafarer Was 76”, in The New York Times[1]:
- He felt having a Micronesian navigator meant he needed a pureblooded Polynesian, preferably a Hawaiian, as captain.
Synonyms
editTranslations
editin preference
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References
edit- “preferably”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.