adversely
adversely adverb: in an adverse manner.
Adverb
adversely (comparative more adversely, superlative most adversely)
- In an adverse manner.
- adversely affected
- Mucus-rich ink is supposedly a dangerous or annoying substance that interferes with fish gills and some cephalopods react adversely to their own inkings in small containers or in the lab.2017 August 9, Mark Carnall, “Why do cephalopods produce ink? And what's ink made of, anyway?”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- negatively
adversely meaning in Urdu and Bengali
adversely in Urdu
- مُخالِفانہ, نامَوافِق طَریقے سے
adversely in Bengali
- প্রতিকূলভাবে
Examples of adversely in a sentence
- Wastewater is any water that has been adversely affected in quality by anthropogenic influence.
- Together these feelings may adversely affect the genuineness of the feedback.
- Sneakage and poor gas flow distribution adversely affect the collection efficiency.
Synonyms of adversely
Forms of adversely
| comparative | more adversely |
|---|---|
| superlative | most adversely |
Origin of adversely
From adverse + -ly.
Words formed from adversely
Phrases with adversely
Questions about adversely
- What does adversely mean?
- Adversely means in an adverse manner.
- What is adversely in Urdu?
- Adversely in Urdu is مُخالِفانہ, نامَوافِق طَریقے سے. See Adversely meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is adversely?
- Adversely is an adverb.
Words near adversely in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: adversely (page history and authors); adversely (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adversely (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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