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prejudicially

prejudicially adverb: in a prejudicial manner.

Adverb

prejudicially (comparative more prejudicially, superlative most prejudicially)

  1. In a prejudicial manner.
    • In this case, however, the parent's health will chiefly suffer, if she persevere in nursing; this, however, will again act prejudicially to the child.1840, Thomas Bull, M.D., The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease.
    • "But surely that will prejudicially affect the rumor you were going to spread, sire?"1628, Alexandre Dumas, Père, Ten Years Later

Forms of prejudicially

comparativemore prejudicially
superlativemost prejudicially

Origin of prejudicially

From prejudicial + -ly.

Questions about prejudicially

What does prejudicially mean?
Prejudicially means in a prejudicial manner.
What part of speech is prejudicially?
Prejudicially is an adverb.

Words near prejudicially in the dictionary

  1. prejudicers
  2. prejudices
  3. prejudiceth
  4. prejudiciable
  5. prejudicial
  6. prejudicially
  7. prejudicialness
  8. prejudiciary
  9. prejudicing
  10. prejudicious
  11. prejudiciously

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