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PREFERABLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does preferably mean?
• PREFERABLY (adverb)
The adverb PREFERABLY has 1 sense:
1. more readily or willingly
Familiarity information: PREFERABLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
More readily or willingly
Synonyms:
Context example:
I'd sooner die than give up
Context examples
Presence of questionable mild cytologic atypia; indicates need for simultaneous analysis of age matched controls — preferably in a blinded fashion.
(Non-physiological Diffuse Hyperplasia of the Mouse Prostate Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
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