preventively
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- adverb
- /prɪˈvɛntɪvli/
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preventivamente
- Such individuals should be detained preventively and the key thrown away, as some governments do with sexual predators.
- use preventively
Examples
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So Tyrone's planning to strike preventively.
Fiction book (1996) -
And states that use force preventively should accept accountability for errors; they should conduct thorough inquiries of their actions and seriously consider paying compensation to the victims of their mistakes.
Academic text (2010) -
And it affects a group that is unlikely to be going to the doctor preventively right now.
Blog text (26) -
Just imagine anything and then act preemptively and preventively on that basis.
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Aren't there people dying preventively because Superman is spending time as Clark Kent?
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In the Panare eyes, if it had cured that specific child, then it would be perfect to inject their children, all of them, preventively.
Academic text (1996) -
We have proved to be a nation that acts more reactively than preventively—in healthcare or crisis situations, for example.
Blog text (5) -
Doctors sometimes recommend screening tests preventively to catch diseases early.
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The school scheduled vaccinations preventively to protect students from flu outbreaks.
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She took vitamin supplements preventively to boost her immune system during flu season.
Synonyms
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In a way to stop disease or other problems before they start
Before something else starts, replacing or interrupting it
Antonyms
How Preventive
Surface Forms
Morphology
preventively = preventive (transparent) = prevent + ive + ly
Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'preventive', yielding a straightforward adverbial meaning.
Etymology
Preventively comes from the parts pre- 'before' and venire 'to come', and it is the adverb form of the common word prevent. So to act preventively is to 'come before' a problem and stop it from happening.