Definitions for preferentially
pref·er·en·tial·ly

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1. preferentiallyadverb

   in a preferential manner

   "he was treated preferentially"

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1. preferentiallyadverb

   in a preferential manner

2. preferentiallyadverb

   advantageously

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1. preferentially

   Preferentially refers to the act of showing or giving preference, bias, or partiality towards someone or something. It means selecting or favoring one option or individual over others based on personal preference or specific criteria.

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce preferentially?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say preferentially in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of preferentially in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of preferentially in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of preferentially in a Sentence

1. Jeremy Kiszka:

   This is totally related to the sharks behavior, and sharks preferentially attacked isolated swimmers and surfers, at dusk and dawnespecially at dusk they tend to forage closer to shore.

2. Chris Yakymchuk:

   Living matter preferentially consists of the lighter carbon atoms because they take less energy to incorporate into cells, based on the increased amount of carbon-12 in this graphite, we concluded that the carbon atoms were once ancient life, most likely dead microorganisms such as cyanobacteria.

3. Aimee Stahl:

   Babies preferentially explored the object if it did something surprising rather than a new toy.

4. Dave Montgomery:

   Viruses in general have a way of making their way to organs that are quite remote from the original site of infection. SARS-CoV-2 is no different in this regard, what is different is that this virus seems to preferentially affect cardiac cells and the surrounding cells. These studies suggest that the heart can be infected with no clear signs. Personally, in my practice, we have seen similar signs of inflammation, including pericardial effusions.

5. Ludovic Trinquart:

   One side preferentially cites previous papers that found a similar conclusion.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=preferentially
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Preferentially
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=preferentially