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prefeˈrentially, adv.
[f. preferential a. + -ly2.]
1. In a preferential manner, by preference.
1873F. Hall Mod. Eng. 351 The same person..will..elect ‘is in preparation’ preferentially to ‘is being prepared’. 1876Fawcett Pol. Econ. ii. ix. (ed. 5) 254 One-fourth of the shares were preferentially offered to the workmen engaged in the business. 1903L. Courtney in Contemp. Rev. Aug. 269 The dutiable imports..preferentially favoured had risen 55 per cent.
2. To a greater extent or degree.
1926Encycl. Brit. II. 886/1 In the case of brass, steel and aluminium alloys, certain types of chemical reagents which act preferentially upon the material in the crystal boundaries contribute to the occurrence of such fractures. 1935Tipson & Stiller in Harrow & Sherwin Textbk. Biochem. ii. 61 The tendency is for the primary hydroxyl group to be preferentially esterified. 1957G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. xvi. 851 Several crop plants assimilated ammonia preferentially above pH 7. 1971Physics Bull. Mar. 141/3 In an equilibrium reaction these elements with greatest binding energy per nucleon are formed preferentially. 1977Sci. Amer. Jan. 39/3 The black hole will therefore preferentially emit particles with charge of the same sign as itself and so will rapidly lose its charge. |
