preferentially
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6.8
- adverb
- /ˌprɛfərˈɛnʃəli/
- Formal
- And it turns out bees really like caffeine and they will go preferentially to flowers that offer them caffeine.
- preferentially chosen
- preferentially absorbed
- preferentially associate
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Watch on YouTubeAnd it turns out bees really like caffeine and they will go preferentially to flowers that offer them caffeine.
- And it turns out bees really like caffeine and they will go preferentially to flowers that offer them caffeine.
- So Fred said let's look and see if these earthquakes around the world are preferentially strike slip, and we did that.
- The other thing that we've recently discovered is that mother trees will preferentially send more signals to her own kids, her own children.
- So Director Burns is is still preferentially hiring hiring women.
- And so you can preferentially put springiness where you want it to have greater and greater heights.
Examples
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So normally air moves preferentially through your nose.
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Because then that pushes the blood preferentially to the arms and legs.
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What course of action must a coach take if they know a teacher preferentially grades the athletes?
Academic text (1998) -
We suggest that surgery should be preferentially considered as first-line management in such patients.
Academic text (2005) -
In some forest types, silvicultural prescriptions may also preferentially reduce the abundance of certain species.
Academic text (2011) -
For example, the more academically talented students may have preferentially chosen to attend supplemental instruction sessions.
Academic text (1993) -
Furthermore, to increase resilience to fire, smaller-diameter Douglas-fir and white fir will be preferentially removed, whereas ponderosa pine will be retained.
Academic text (2016) -
The restaurant caters preferentially to vegetarian customers, offering them a special menu.
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When shopping, I tend to buy products that are preferentially made from sustainable materials.
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Students get preferentially assigned to classes based on their academic performance and interests.
Synonyms
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5.2
In a way that gives you a benefit or helps you succeed
Antonyms
How Favorably
Surface Forms
Morphology
preferentially = preferential (transparent) = prefer + ence + ial + ly
Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'preferential', so the meaning 'in a way that gives preference' is directly derived from the adjective.
Etymology
The word preferentially comes from the common verb prefer and the word preference, with the little part pre- meaning 'before' and prefer originally meaning 'to put before' or 'to like more'. So to act preferentially is to treat someone 'before' others or to give them an advantage.