negatively
- adverb
- /ˈnɛɡətɪvli/
- I feel that you might be reacting negatively.
- negatively evaluated
- view negatively
- respond negatively
So I would never feel negatively toward that.
- So I would never feel negatively toward that.
- We're going to feel negatively towards those things.
- They say it so negatively, but it's so great, so great.
- Like, let me not speak negatively about them.
- No one thinks as negatively about you as you do about yourself.
- Have you lost your temper and spoken negatively about Michael in front of your children?
- Some entrepreneurs, I find, respond negatively to critique.
- First, she got me to associate negatively with texting her by saying we're like pen pals, right?
- I feel like we view them too negatively.
- It's, you know, spoken about very negatively.
- You're a fruitcake because wait, you mean you've meant that negatively?
- Hey, listen, even if your friend talks negatively about you, here's what you should do.
- It's, it's fear of fear of success, fear of failure, fear of being judged negatively, fear of being embarrassing yourself.
- Narcissists can't take responsibility for their behavior ever, and least of all when it is being judged negatively.
- Make sure it's a relationship that you can communicate in positively and negatively.
Examples
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OK, number one, stop speaking negatively about yourself.
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When foster mothers were asked how they thought the state viewed them, most women responded negatively.
Academic text (2008) -
So I would never feel negatively toward that.
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We're going to feel negatively towards those things.
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Like, let me not speak negatively about them.
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No one thinks as negatively about you as you do about yourself.
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I do feel that it reflects negatively on me.
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Faculty responded negatively to the look of the original prototype.
Academic text (2013) -
Hey, listen, even if your friend talks negatively about you, here's what you should do.
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The teacher spoke negatively about the lack of effort from her students.
Synonyms
In a way that makes people think less of someone
In a way that shows disapproval
In a way that shows you do not agree with or like something
With a look or voice that shows strong dislike and no respect
In a way that says something is bad
In a way that shows strong disapproval
Antonyms
Compounds
How Disapproving
- US
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Negatively comes from the same old Latin root neg- and word negare, meaning 'to say no'. So to react negatively is to give a 'no' answer or show you do not agree, which is why the word means showing denial or disapproval.