preferablyadverb
uk/ˈpref.ər.ə.bli/us/ˈpref.ər.ə.bli/B2 if possible:
Water the plants twice a week, preferably in the morning.
More examples
- Serve with ice-cream, preferably vanilla.
- Serve with a white wine, preferably chilled.
- I'd love to go there, preferably in the summer.
- I'd like to go out with him, preferably on my own.
- I'd like a flat there, preferably in the town centre.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
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- each
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- soon
- top ten
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- would (just) as soon idiom