preferably
adv/ˈpɹɛf.ɹəˌbli/ · /pɹəˈfɜː.ɹəˌbli/
Etymology From preferable + -ly.
1
In preference; by choice; in a preferable manner.
- The nondegerming system grinds corn, preferably white dent corn, into meal with little, if any, separation of germ.2000, Karel Kulp, Handbook of Cereal Science and Technology, Revised and Expanded, page 48:
- He felt having a Micronesian navigator meant he needed a pureblooded Polynesian, preferably a Hawaiian, as captain.2007 May 27, Douglas Martin, “Kawika Kapahulehua Dies; Hawaiian Seafarer Was 76”, in The New York Times:
- Synonyms
- liefer, liever, preferredly, rather