Antonyms for negatively
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : neg-uh-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɛg ə tɪv |
Definition of negatively
Origin :- c.1400, "expressing denial," from Old French negatif (13c.) and directly from Latin negativus "that which denies," from negat-, past participle stem of negare "deny, say no" (see deny). Meaning "expressing negation" is from c.1500; that of "characterized by absence" is from 1560s. Algebraic sense is from 1670s. The electricity sense is from 1755.
- Negative Capability, that is when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, Mysteries, doubts without any irritable reaching after fact and reason. [John Keats, letter, Dec. 21, 1817]
- Related: Negatively.
- As in adversely : adv unfavorably
- As in differently : adv in another way; otherwise
- He just raised his head when I looked in and shook it negatively, pursing up his lips.
- Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
- She moved her rigidly set face from left to right, negatively.
- Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
- One can only say negatively that these faces are not Christian.
- Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
- She shook her head back at me negatively, I wonder why to this day.
- Extract from : « Falk » by Joseph Conrad
- Let me say first, negatively, what is not the province of this sex.
- Extract from : « The Young Maiden » by A. B. (Artemas Bowers) Muzzey
- So much is shown, affirmatively and negatively, by the election.
- Extract from : « The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume Seven » by Abraham Lincoln
- The law could bear witness to it only negatively by demonstrating its necessity.
- Extract from : « The Life of St. Paul » by James Stalker
- It was a gesture that could be interpreted affirmatively or negatively, at pleasure.
- Extract from : « The Red Track » by Gustave Aimard
- Not only negatively, but positively there is mercy in the snow.
- Extract from : « Talks To Farmers » by Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- We found that even the epigan Chologaster is negatively heliotropic.
- Extract from : « Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, May, 1900 » by Various
Synonyms for negatively
- abnormally
- adversely
- antagonistically
- antithetically
- asymmetrically
- conflictingly
- contradictorily
- contrarily
- contrastingly
- contrastively
- discordantly
- disparately
- dissimilarly
- distinctively
- divergently
- diversely
- hostilely
- in a different manner
- incompatibly
- incongruously
- individually
- negatively
- nonconformably
- on the contrary
- on the other hand
- oppositely
- poles apart
- resentfully
- separately
- skeptically
- uniquely
- unorthodoxly
- unsympathetically
- unusually
- variously
- vice versa
- with prejudice
- without sympathy
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