What does negatively mean?
Negatively means In a negative manner; so as to be damaging or not positive..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In a negative manner; so as to be damaging or not positive..
1722, Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders, London: J. Cooke, 1765, p. 17, At last one of them asked me what a Gentlewoman was? that puzzled me much; but however, I explained myself negatively; that it was one that did not go to Service to do Housework […]
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 persist in unlawfull divorces with a high hand, with security and no ill fame […]
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.
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.
Having the entire summer off from school negatively affects learning.
Tynesiders appear to be proud of their accents, according to the findings, but Brummies responded negatively to hearing their vowels on TV and radio, partly because they recognise they are ridiculed for them by some of their compatriots.
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:
1983, Reuters, “Iran rebuffs Iraq on sparing civilians,” New York Times, 27 May, 1983, Iran responded negatively today to a proposal by Iraq that the two countries agree to stop shelling each other’s towns and villages.
Use negatively when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Negatively means In a negative manner; so as to be damaging or not positive..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include positively, affirmatively.
1722, Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders, London: J. Cooke, 1765, p. 17, At last one of them asked me what a Gentlewoman was? that puzzled me much; but however, I explained myself negatively; that it was one that did not go to Service to do Housework […]
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