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preferably

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pref·er·a·ble  (prfr--bl, prfr-)
adj.
More desirable or worthy than another; preferred: Coffee is preferable to tea, I think.
prefer·a·bili·ty, prefer·a·ble·ness n.
prefer·a·bly adv.
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Adv.1.preferably - more readily or willingly; "clean it well, preferably with warm water"; "I'd rather be in Philadelphia"; "I'd sooner die than give up"
sooner, rather
preferably
adverb ideally, if possible, rather, sooner, much rather, by choice, much sooner, as a matter of choice, in or for preference
Translations

preferably [ˈprɛfrəblɪ] adv → preferentemente, más bien
preferably [ˈprɛfrəblɪ] prefer adv → de préférence
preferably [ˈprɛfrəblɪ] prefer adv → vorzugsweise, am besten
preferably [ˈprɛfrəblɪ] adv → preferibilmente


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If I must be pitiful, I dislike to be called so; and if I be so, it is preferably at a distance.
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I suspect that the large, mild boy, the son of a neighboring farmer, who mainly shared our games, had but a dim notion of what I meant by my strange people, but I did my best to enlighten him, and he helped me make a dream out of my life, and did his best to dwell in the region of unrealities where I preferably had my being; he was from time to time a Moor when I think he would rather have been a Mingo.
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