US /ˈnɛgətɪvli/
adv Freq #29219

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    In a way that is bad or harmful.

    The bad weather negatively affected the harvest.

  2. 2
    adv

    In a way that focuses on the bad side of things.

    She tends to react negatively to any change.

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Word family
Derived forms hypernegativelynonnegatively
Related forms negative

Etymology

From negative + -ly.

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