Negatively
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Negatively is an adverb meaning In a negative manner; so as to be damaging or not positive.
Meaning
In a negative manner; so as to be damaging or not positive.
More Meanings
- (responding to a question, proposal, vote, etc.) In the negative; with the answer “no.”
Example Sentences
Having the entire summer off from school negatively affects learning.
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:
Allow me to introduce myself—first, negatively. ¶ No landlord is my friend and brother, no chambermaid loves me, no waiter worships me, no boots admires and envies me.
Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively, by uniting our affections; the latter negatively, by restraining our vices.
Antonyms for negatively
Common opposites include positively, affirmatively.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bad, unfavourably, passively, badly, adverse, detrimentally.
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