adversely

1. 1.

   in an adverse manner

   “she was adversely affected by the new regulations”

Questions about adversely

What does adversely mean?

adversely means "in an adverse manner".

How many syllables are in adversely?

adversely has 3 syllables: ad-ver-sely. The stress falls on "ver". In IPA it is /ædˈvɝsli/.

Is adversely a common word?

adversely is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with adversely?

2 words rhyme with adversely. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.