Meanings
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1
adv
In a way that is bad or harmful.
The bad weather negatively affected the harvest.
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2
adv
In a way that focuses on the bad side of things.
She tends to react negatively to any change.
Thesaurus
Opposites
Word family
Derived forms
hypernegativelynonnegatively
Related forms
negative
Etymology
From negative + -ly.