Negatively
['neɡətɪvlɪ] or ['nɛgətɪvli]
Definition
(adv.) in a negative way; 'he was negatively inclined'.
(adv.) in a harmful manner; 'he was negatively affected'.
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Definition
(adv.) In a negative manner; with or by denial.
(adv.) In the form of speech implying the absence of something; -- opposed to positively.
Editor: Miriam
Examples
- Let it suffice h ere to state that Rutherford assumes that the greater mass of the atom consis ts o f negatively charged particles rotating about a positive nucle us. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He made experiments, and at last succeeded in rendering the copper negatively electrical by the use of small pieces of tin, zinc, or iron nails. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Burnside accomplished but little on our left of a positive nature, but negatively a great deal. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This great physicist had prov ed t hat cathode rays are composed not of negatively charged molecules, as had been supposed, but of much smaller particles or corp uscles. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I have put it negatively, as a counsel of prudence. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Each atom is negatively or positively charged according to the addition or subtraction of electrons. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I mean what I may illustrate negatively by the example of the body. Plato. The Republic.
- It is manifest that the atom, instead of being the ultimate unit of matter, is a system of positively and negatively charged particles. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Editor: Miriam