preferably

English

Alternative forms

• preferrably

Etymology

From preferable +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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

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Adverb

preferably (comparative more preferably, superlative most preferably)

1. In preference; by choice; in a preferable manner.

Synonyms

• liefer/liever
• preferredly
• rather

 

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.