Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a negative manner.
  • With negative electricity; by friction on some resinous substance.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a negative manner; with or by denial.
  • adverb In the form of speech implying the absence of something; -- opposed to positively.
  • adverb (Elec.) having a charge of the kind of electricity called negative, as does the electron.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a negative manner; so as to be damaging or not positive.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in a negative way
  • adverb in a harmful manner

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Examples

  • Hence, the legitimate province of the indicative mood, is to _declare_ things, whether positively or negatively; thus, _positively_, He _came_ with me; _negatively_, He _came not_ with me.

    English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Samuel Kirkham

  • A Pew Research poll in December found 60 per cent of people saw the word negatively, compared to 39 per cent for "liberal" and 30 per cent for "conservative".

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2012

  • He warned that what he described as negatively-preceived U.S.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • People working 10-12-14-16 hour days to try to provide a better life for their family watch government bureaucrats work from 9: 10 to 4: 45, leaving for whatever appointments they might need to attend, leaving early to attend their child's plays, etc, taking off anytime they don't feel 100%, receiving better benefits and pay than those actually creating wealth, living in bigger and better homes ....... and you don't think we should use the term negatively?

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2009

  • Talking about how oppressive laws against one group of people effects everyone negatively is what helped the civil rights movement of the 1960′s.

    Relevancy of Client Status « Bound, Not Gagged 2010

  • Forty-three percent viewed Palin negatively in May.

    CNN Poll: Favorable view of Palin dipping 2009

  • Forty-three percent viewed Palin negatively in May.

    CNN Poll: Favorable view of Palin dipping 2009

  • The virus has also been theorized to be a mix of avian, swine and human flu and, as Tom proposes, the swine flu is a biased label negatively impacting pork sales and families that depend on the pork business.

    Swine Flu May Be Renamed; How about Fecal Flu? 2009

  • This could be profoundly democratizing, giving a voice to ordinary Americans; however, it also reified "normalcy" by encouraging people to judge themselves (whether positively or negatively is almost irrelevant) against the "average."

    Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

  • Now, we don't need that in American politics, and Obama in 2008 didn't say a word negatively about McCain's service, and rightfully so because McCain is a legitimate American hero.

    CNN Transcript Oct 17, 2009 2009

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