preferentially

1. 1.

   in a preferential manner

   “he was treated preferentially”

Questions about preferentially

What does preferentially mean?

preferentially means "in a preferential manner".

How many syllables are in preferentially?

preferentially has 5 syllables: pref-e-ren-tial-ly. The stress falls on "ren". In IPA it is /ˌpɹɛfɚˈɛnʃəli/.

Is preferentially a common word?

preferentially is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.