Preferably
['prefrəblɪ] or ['prɛfərəbli]
Definition
(adv.) more readily or willingly; 'clean it well, preferably with warm water'; 'I'd rather be in Philadelphia'; 'I'd sooner die than give up'.
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Definition
(adv.) In preference; by choice.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Rather, in preference, by choice.
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Examples
- I take preferably not less than 5 parts by weight of pure boracic acid in crystals, and add thereto 1 part of pure phosphate of soda. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Subject this to violent agitation--preferably with the aid of a mechanical egg whisk--and allow the tincture of benzoin to fall into it the while drop by drop. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- For receiving signals I locate in said circuit between the condensing surface and the ground a diaphragm sounder, which is preferably one of my electromotograph telephone receivers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- His nature was such, she said, that he would bring me back into the city dead or alive should I persist in opposing him; preferably dead, she added. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- So men were forced to link themselves with others, preferably people stronger than themselves. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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