Antonyms for advantageously


Grammar : Adv
Spell : ad-vuh n-tey-juh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˌæd vənˈteɪ dʒəs


Definition of advantageously

Origin :
  • 1590s, formed in English from advantage, or else from French avantageux (15c.), from avantage (see advantage). Related: Advantageously; advantageousness.
  • As in best : adv most excellently
  • As in cheaply : adv economically
  • As in helpfully : adv usefully
  • As in inexpensively : adv economically
  • As in profitably : adv lucratively
Example sentences :
  • The dews are very plentiful, advantageously supplying the place of rain.
  • Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
  • Is that a practice in which the lads may be advantageously instructed?
  • Extract from : « Laches » by Plato
  • And when men act rightly and advantageously they seem to you to be temperate?
  • Extract from : « Protagoras » by Plato
  • And both together may be advantageously employed by us in legislation.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • Why, when the battle was progressing so advantageously for our side, did they not go on?
  • Extract from : « The Citizen-Soldier » by John Beatty
  • To this a handful of ashes and plaster may be advantageously added.
  • Extract from : « Guano » by Solon Robinson
  • It can advantageously be combined with other foods to form a part of the ration.
  • Extract from : « Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value » by Harry Snyder
  • In most of these cases iron may be advantageously added to the bath.
  • Extract from : « The Electric Bath » by George M. Schweig
  • He understood thoroughly what the human body could do, and what it might do advantageously.
  • Extract from : « Ernest Bracebridge » by William H. G. Kingston
  • Culture can now be acquired almost as advantageously here as there.
  • Extract from : « Imaginary Interviews » by W. D. Howells

Synonyms for advantageously

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