preferably Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb more readily or willingly
    rather; sooner.
    • clean it well, preferably with warm water
    • I'd rather be in Philadelphia
    • I'd sooner die than give up

WordNet


Pref"er*a*bly adverb
Definitions
  1. In preference; by choice.
    To choose Plautus preferably to Terence. Dennis.

Webster 1913