preferably

English

Alternative forms

preferrably

Etymology

preferable +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɛfɹəˌbli/, /pɹəˈfɜːɹəˌbli/

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Adverb

preferably (comparative more preferably, superlative most preferably)

In preference; by choice; in a preferable manner.

Synonyms

Translations

in preference

Bulgarian: за предпочитане (za predpočitane)
Catalan: preferiblement (ca)
Esperanto: prefere
Finnish: mieluiten (fi)
French: de préférence (fr), préférablement (fr)
Georgian: უპირატესად (uṗiraṭesad), უმჯობესად (umǯobesad), უკეთ (uḳet)
German: vorzugsweise (de)
Italian: preferibilmente (it)
Latin: potior
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fortrinnsvis (no)

Nynorsk: fortrinnsvis
Polish: najchętniej
Portuguese: preferencialmente (pt), de preferência
Romanian: (în mod) preferabil, (în manieră) preferabilă
Russian: лучше (ru) (lučše), желательно (ru) (želatelʹno), предпочтительно (ru) (predpočtitelʹno)
Spanish: preferiblemente
Swedish: helst (sv)
Turkish: tercihen (tr)

References

“preferably”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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