negatively

1. 1.

   in a harmful manner

   “he was negatively affected”
2. 2.

   in a negative way

   “he was negatively inclined”

Questions about negatively

What does negatively mean?

negatively means "in a harmful manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in negatively?

negatively has 4 syllables: negat-i-ve-ly. The stress falls on "negat". In IPA it is /ˈnɛɡətɪvli/.

Is negatively a common word?

negatively 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.