preferably

副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. In preference; by choice; in a preferable manner.
    — The nondegerming system grinds corn, preferably white dent corn, into meal with little, if any, separation of germ.

词形变化

more preferably comparative most preferably superlative preferrably alternative

词源

Etymology tree
English preferable
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English preferably
From preferable + -ly.
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