单词 | adversely |
释义 | adversely (once / 10137 pages) adv When something affects you adversely, it's harmful or negative. Holding a cinder block will adversely affect your running speed. When you talk about things that are acting adversely, they are harming something or holding it back in some way. Not getting enough sleep will adversely affect your performance in school. Rain will adversely affect an outdoor wedding. Anything that's making things worse instead of better is adversely influencing the situation. Adversely means something close to badly or harmfully. So when you see this word, you know something is going wrong. WORD FAMILYadverse: adversely, adversity+/adversity: adversities USAGE EXAMPLESMost use Jordan as the archetype, doing and saying nothing that might adversely affect their image. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) Such policies discourage lending by squeezing margins, widen disparities in income distribution, adversely affect savers and increase the volatility of the dollar. Wall Street Journal(Dec 20, 2016) While few people are expected to die of starvation, millions of children will be malnourished, and this will adversely affect their education and long-term health. The Guardian(Dec 17, 2016) adv in an adverse manner she was adversely affected by the new regulations |
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