negatively
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negatively
- /ˈnɛɡ.ə.tɪv.li/ UK
- /ˈnɛɡ.ə.tɪv.li/ Canada, US
- [-ɾɪv] Canada, US
- /ˈneɡ.ə.tɪv.li/ Australia
- [-ɾɪv] Australia
adverb more negatively · most negatively
- In a negative manner; so as to be damaging or not positive. How justly then might human law and Philosophy rise up against the righteousnesse of Moses, if this be true which our vulgar Divinity Fathers upon him, yeah upon God himselfe; not silently and only negatively to permit, but in his law to divulge a written and generall priviledge to commit and persis
- In the negative; with the answer “no.” 1683, Richard Browne (translator), The Cure of Old Age and Preservation of Youth by Roger Bacon, London: Tho. Flesher, Doubt VII, p. 83, I answer negatively:
Opposite: positively, affirmatively
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: bad, unfavourably, passively, badly, adverse, detrimentally, adversely, toll, heavily, prejudicially, conversely, inversely, night, unfavorably, harmfully, destructively
adverb
Opposite: positively, affirmatively
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adv in a negative manner
| Español | negativamente |
|---|---|
| Português | negativamente |
| Deutsch | negativ |
| Italiano | negativamente |
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