preferably

English

Etymology

preferable +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

preferably (comparative more preferably, superlative most preferably)

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

Synonyms

• liever

Translations

in preference

• Catalan: preferiblement (ca)
• 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

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• Polish: chętniej
• Portuguese: preferencialmente, de preferência
• Romanian: (în mod) preferabil, (în manieră) preferabilă
• Russian: лучше (ru) (lučše), желательно (ru) (želatelʹno), предпочтительно (ru) (predpočtitelʹno)
• Spanish: preferiblemente
• Turkish: tercihen (tr)

References

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