advantageously
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5.2
- adverb
- /ədˈvæn.tɪdʒ.əs.li/
- The new marketing strategy helped the company to advantageously increase its market share in the competitive landscape.
- use it advantageously
Examples
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The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) recently used the charrette process advantageously at two critical junctures in its long-range planning process.
Academic text (1991) -
We have no great depot of traffic there, which we might advantageously move elsewhere.
Academic text (2016) -
Now, if you'll do exactly as I tell you to do, everything will end advantageously.
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Yet Isabella's attempt to sell herself advantageously fails.
Academic text (2009) -
The mature children of the immigrant majority began work more advantageously by 1880 and usually improved on their parents' patterns by 1900.
Academic text (1990) -
For Nimai and others, the ability to evoke classical music enabled them to impress patrons and to position themselves advantageously amid their professional rivals.
Academic text (2016) -
She studied hard to prepare for the exam and it paid off advantageously when she received a scholarship.
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By networking at conferences, he positioned himself advantageously for future job opportunities.
Synonyms
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1.8
In a way that gets the result you want
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3.6
In a way that gets the result you want
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5.0
In a way that makes someone or something look as good as possible
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4.1
In a way that makes money or gives an advantage
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1.1
In a way that helps reach a goal
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5.9
In the best way to get the best result
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6.9
In a way that brings the wanted result
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7.0
In a way that works well and gives the needed result
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4.1
In a way that helps and makes things better
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8.1
In a way that gets the result you want
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6.2
It happens at the right time to help someone
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8.5
In a way that makes success likely
Antonyms
How Advantageous
Surface Forms
Morphology
advantageously = advantageous (transparent) = advantage + ous + ly
Forming an adverb with '-ly' from the adjective 'advantageous' is a regular, predictable process and preserves meaning.
Etymology
Advantageously comes from advantage, which comes from old words meaning 'before' or 'in front'; think of advance 'to move forward', so doing something advantageously is doing it in a way that gives you a benefit or helps you succeed.