opportunistically
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7.3
- adverb
- /ˌɑːpərtʃəˈnɪstɪkli/
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oportunistamente
- The entrepreneur opportunistically launched his product during the holiday season to maximize potential sales.
He is Duke of Normandy and he's going to opportunistically attack England and eventually take it over.
- He is Duke of Normandy and he's going to opportunistically attack England and eventually take it over.
- These people will opportunistically go back and forth on total opposite ends to get whatever they have to get.
Examples
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Total's Jean-Claude Company, for instance, views the American market opportunistically.
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Instead, they opportunistically feed on small schooling fish, "trash fish," whatever is available.
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And foreign companies can use the American market opportunistically to sell off excess gasoline production rather than store it at home.
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In other cases, some people might use a system because they opportunistically experience it as the most convenient option, as 18% of the GPs said they did.
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Working on the trading floor, floor brokers obtain trading information quickly and seize liquidity opportunistically.
Academic text (2016) -
Divorce is not simply a legal mechanism for dissolving marriages but a social and cultural force that opportunistically reproduces itself everywhere.
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Sifakas have teeth and guts that are specialized for feeding on leaves, but they adapt their menu opportunistically as different flowers and fruits come into season.
Academic text (2000) -
Some nation-states and the multinational corporations that operate in them have opportunistically intensified or recomposed gender ideologies in some instances and decomposed them in others.
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He opportunistically took the chance to ask for a promotion when his manager seemed in a good mood.
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During the sale, many customers shopped opportunistically, buying items at discounted prices as they became available.
Synonyms
Using resources or opportunities fully to get a benefit
Antonyms
How Opportunistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
opportunistically = opportunistic (transparent) = opportunist + ic + ally
Formed by adding a standard adverbial suffix to the adjective 'opportunistic'; the meaning is directly derived from the adjective.
Etymology
Opportunistically comes from opportunity and opportune, which trace back to a Latin idea meaning 'toward the port' — imagine a ship arriving at the right time. So, to act opportunistically is to take advantage of a good moment or chance as soon as it appears.