Usually means: Desired or favored as choice.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. preferably: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. preferably: Merriam-Webster
  3. preferably: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. preferably: Collins English Dictionary
  5. preferably: Vocabulary.com
  6. Preferably, preferably: Wordnik
  7. preferably: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. preferably: Wiktionary
  9. Preferably, preferably: Dictionary.com
  10. preferably: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Preferably: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. preferably: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. preferably: Rhymezone
  14. Preferably: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. preferably: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. preferably: FreeDictionary.org
  17. preferably: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. preferably: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. preferably: Legal dictionary

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▸ adverb:  In preference; by choice; in a preferable manner.

Similar:
rather, sooner, preferentially, desiredly, advantageously, favouredly, well, ideally, preferredly, favorably, more...

Opposite:
reluctantly, undesirably, unwillingly, undesired, avoidably

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Similar:
rather, sooner, preferentially, desiredly, advantageously, favouredly, well, ideally, preferredly, favorably, more...

Opposite:
reluctantly, undesirably, unwillingly, undesired, avoidably

Colors:
    blue,     green,     red,     yellow,     purple, more...



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